This poem was a sonnet written in 1936 composed of iambic pentameter and free verse, published in 1941 a few month before the United State of America entered World War 2. “The Gift Outright” received special attention when Frost recited it at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy on January, 1961. Frost had originally planned to recite a poem titled “Dedication” that he had written for the event. However, because of the glare of the sun and his poor eyesight; he was unable to read his copy of the poem and instead recited “The Gift Outright.”.
I choose this poem because the title catch my attention and I’m a big fan of history. As soon as I started to read the line by line; it showed the relationship between Americans and America.
Frost begins by setting out the big argument of 1st in the poem: “The land was ours before we were the lands.” He proceeds to …show more content…
This sentence is the paraphrase of the previous line. It can be concluded that the word “she” refers to the land in the previous line. Land is not a living thing, but the land is replaced by the pronoun “she” which always refers to a living thing. Paradox: “And forthwith found salvation in surrender” as this transport the state that salvation was found in surrender whereas in most cases, what is found in surrender is morose feelings.
In line 1, it stated:” The land was ours before we were the lands.” It established that there were some type of relationship between the land and its people.
Line 3 to5 cited:” She was ours in Massachusetts, in Virginia, But we were England’s, still colonials.” That line showed that even though there are free, they still used the British rules. As years passed, they were trying able to build a commitment to the land and establish their identities as
I choose this poem because the title catch my attention and I’m a big fan of history. As soon as I started to read the line by line; it showed the relationship between Americans and America.
Frost begins by setting out the big argument of 1st in the poem: “The land was ours before we were the lands.” He proceeds to …show more content…
This sentence is the paraphrase of the previous line. It can be concluded that the word “she” refers to the land in the previous line. Land is not a living thing, but the land is replaced by the pronoun “she” which always refers to a living thing. Paradox: “And forthwith found salvation in surrender” as this transport the state that salvation was found in surrender whereas in most cases, what is found in surrender is morose feelings.
In line 1, it stated:” The land was ours before we were the lands.” It established that there were some type of relationship between the land and its people.
Line 3 to5 cited:” She was ours in Massachusetts, in Virginia, But we were England’s, still colonials.” That line showed that even though there are free, they still used the British rules. As years passed, they were trying able to build a commitment to the land and establish their identities as