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Many authors have their own way of getting to the message of the text for the readers. To get their message across, they put literature devices to use or use their own techniques and styles. Although, there are many authors that have their own unique techniques to get to a deeper truth or message for the reader, Robert Frost, Tim O’brien and William Carlos Williams also have their own ways and techniques of making sense of the imperfections of human nature and life in order to get their…

Acquainted with the night is a lyric poem by Robert Frost illustrating his walk away from negativity and getting closer to something worthwhile. He explains through various metaphors how his acquaintance with the night has had some obstacles. Through the use of phrases such as “walked out in rain” (l. 2) and “the saddest city lane” (l. 4), allowed him to show the audience his journey from his current state towards this "luminary clock against the sky" (l. 12) no matter how far or what an…

writers from vastly different time periods. Their individual writing topics also vary; Shakespeare’s writings focuses more on romance-oriented ideals, while Frost’s work highlights existential questions. However, Frost’s, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” and Shakespeare’s, “This time of year thou mayst in me behold,” offer many similarities and differences when it comes to technical elements. Though times had changed considerably during the gap of the 1500s to the 1900s, usage of imagery…

Ascham Analysis The observations of the sixteenth century scholar Roger Ascham examine the strangeness of winds that Ascham was able to observe through a snowfall. The purpose behind Toxophilus, the book in which this appears in is archery, which was a very important subject back in the ages of hunting for food. Ascham likely wrote about this experience in the snow to examine the intricacies of wind and how it can affect arrow accuracy, because arrow accuracy could’ve meant the difference…

ENG 112W: The travelogue, “A Walk in the Woods,” depicts a laborious, seemingly never-ending hike through the Appalachian Trail in the voice of the author’s, Bill Bryson’s, alter-ego. By following the unfit pair of Bill Bryson and Stephen Katz, I learn of their perseverance despite the graveness of their journey and their shortcomings. Through the progression of the Appalachian Trail, the pair encounter problems that encourage them to unknowingly stray from the trail, trying to deter them from…

so interesting is the idea that there is more than one way to interpret them. Frost’s poems are loved by many, but often misinterpreted as a result of their complexity and ambiguity, specifically The Road Not Taken and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, is one of his best known and most popular poems. However, it is also one of his commonly misunderstood poems. The Road Not Taken is about…

and some are written to entertain. The poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost is no exception, for this poem, which speaks of a very calm evening, was also written for a specific purpose. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” uses many devices to portray a man stopping by snowy and calm wood, a place where in that moment all is calm, well, and beautiful. This poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost, has the purpose of portraying a calm and serene tone…

No, please tell me I’m not seeing this, Alexis thought. But she was. It was a back. A human back, with a black jacket on. The hill of a shoulder, a dip, then a small hump for a hip. From her angle, Alexis couldn’t see the face. All she could see was the back. A human unmoving back curled up in a bush. This thrilling book, The Body in the Woods, by April Henry, will keep you up all night. This book report will explore the amazing characters, intriguing plot, and fascinating setting of this…

(The forest, where unnatural things have supposedly been happening) At the edge of the forest Abigail has called on John Proctor to come and meet with her. It is late at night and John should be home, but for some reason he has came to the forest. He asks Abigail why he has come and she says she has called for him. She looks at him in an enchanting way. Anything that Abigail says Proctor does. Abigail is trying to make John Proctor join her on the dark side. Abigail (Looking at John…

The primary imagery in “The Snow-Storm” is how the snow interacts with everything it touches. In the beginning of the poem it begins with a light tone, explaining how the snow covers everything with light words such as “hides”, and “veils.” It creates the imagine of the snow acting almost like a blanket that lays upon everything. Near the end of the first stanza the tone changes after the word “tumultuous” is used, creating the image of a disorderly snow storm. “Fills up the farmer's lane from…