Evening

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…

Thoreau’s use of dark imagery and extended metaphors in Walden illustrates his seclusion from society to ultimately convey his journey as an individual through life. In the passage, Thoreau supports his argument with the use dark imagery to reinforce his individual preference of 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…

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…

support him well (Robert Lee Frost). Being affected by this disease, he used poetry to express the boundaries of effects of nature and man, by using snow and cold weather in his poetry. The poems “Birches”, “Fire and Ice”, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, and “Reluctance” are just a few poems of my choice that mention snow or cold weather. Despite having health issues, it was just the start of what seemed a long list of physical and emotional…

Robert Frost’s stopping by the woods on a snowy evening and Amy Lowell’s The Taxi show many differences with no similarities. Robert Frost talks about a man on riding on a horse through the forests, stops by to watch the woodlands fill up with snow, and then tells himself that he has to go before it gets too late. In the Taxi, the woman tells us that she misses her lover, and that she wants to see them again. Frost’s poem has an iambic pentameter while Lowell’s does not have any rhythm and can…

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…

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…