Elijah Wood

Saddling a Horse One of my favorite things to do to clear my head is to saddle up and go for a horseback ride. Before one goes on a ride, the horse must be saddled properly. First, it must be brushed. This step is important because if the loose hair is not removed, the horse may try to do it himself, flinging the rider to the ground. After the horse is brushed, a saddle pad is placed on the horse’s back. The placement of the pad is critical for the comfort of the horse; it should be centered on…

the dry, iciness of the winter. Owing to the fact that Hayden had been just a child when this memory occurred, he described the house to be angry whenever the wood was “splintering, breaking” (Robert 6). The cause for the wood to be splintering and breaking is because the heat coming from the fire caused heat expansion to occur in the wood of…

The poem “Range-Finding” was written in 1916 by Robert Frost. This poem talks about a battle which by the date one can assume he is talking about World War 1. This poem is about a bullet being shot which hits a person in the chest but focuses on the story behind it and all the many creatures that are affected by the war that is taking place around them. The theme of this poem is war effects all people and creature regardless of if they are directly involved with the war. Robert Frost shows the…

“Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost is a poem about a life full of loneliness and isolation. The poem follows the narrator as he goes through life feeling companionless and sees the world as a pessimistic place. Frost uses many different devices to show the meaning of this poem, such as tone, form, and cycling. Through these devices, he shows the constant depression and sorrow that the narrator feels. Frost uses tone throughout the poem to explain the way the narrator feels. He first…

INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH Robert Frost, a well-known poet, once wrote, “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by…”. When walking alone through the woods, it may be easy to decide about which path to travel. However, when one is traversing with others, it becomes difficult to stray from the pack. Peer pressure is very similar for teenagers: it often causes an emotional response as teens try to fit in with those around them, moreover, in these situations decision-making…

Nature is one of the fascinating element in literature and it has significant role connecting major themes and characters. One great example is, ‘Snow Country’ by Yasunari Kawabata. The book consists of a major role of nature, where, principal of ‘mono no aware’ is effectively used for appreciation of nature, focus on physical senses to create the feeling of a place, and lastly, images that arouse the emotions and its delicate-like beauty. These imperative factors of his work transparent the…

living in contrast to the rest of society’s. He prefers to live in his cabin in the woods, while everyone else lives in places similar to the village he visits. He explains that he “set sail from some bright village or parlor room”, referring not only to his journey from the village to his secluded cabin in the woods, but also his isolation from the rest of society at as a whole. He believes that his “harbor in the woods” is his detached placement where he lives and is able to be unaffected by…

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…

very different 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,…