Frost at Midnight

Wallace Steven’s poem, Anecdote of the Jar, is structurally simple; however, the message is much more complex. Steven’s ultimately leaves it up the reader to decide what the meaning of the jar in wilderness may be. Immediately, it seems that the jar is profound. It is special. The man-made jar has a unique influence on the wilderness. Perhaps it is more than just a regular jar, or small jar, but a larger more distinctive jar. In the first stanza, Steven’s conveys, “It made the slovenly…

J.R.R Tolkien is credited with having the second best selling book series in the world. The series has sold over 150 million copies. The Two Towers is the second book of the Lord Of The Rings series. The book was published on November 11, 1954. The Silmarillion paints a bigger picture to the overall story of The Lord of the Rings; it goes more in depth into the lives of characters and the lands they inhabit. The Silmarillion was finished by Tolkien’s son, then he published it on September 15,…

Synopsis: A journey through the narrators St. Louis. Response: The stream of conscious like flow of this poem works so well with the form in creating movement. I felt as though I was following along as the narrator recanted their memories of the streets. One of my favorite stanzas is; “ cars loaded wit families / fellas from the factory / one or two practical nurses / black / become our trenches / some dig into cement wit elbows / under engines / do not be seen / in yr hometown / after sunset we…

1. Why does the narrator bring up memories of when he was a child? There are several objects in the poem that reminded him of his childlike ways. For example, the blue river was highly admirable to him and the fields is where he would play with butterflies. “These are the same, but I am not the same, But wiser than I was, and wise enough (Emerson 1).” 2. What in this poem could you also compare to with the values of the Native Americans? In this poem, the narrator continual speaks on how sacred…

Frost’s poem “Out, Out” provides us with the grim—yet refreshing—truth and reality faced by many children in the early 20th century—child labor. One of poetry’s most celebrated writers, Robert Frost was the epitome of eloquence. Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California. Always sharp, Frost graduated high school having written his first poems and as co-valedictorian of his class. He went on to attend Dartmouth and Harvard although he never graduated or got a degree.…

S Subject: Winter wildlife. T Theme: The seclusion in the wilderness, especially during winter, can enhance aspects of the environment’s wildlife an individual may have absentmindedly ignored. However, when an individual pays attention, the winter wildlife appeals to the human senses, primarily the auditory sense. A Audience: Individuals curious with the Walden wildlife. A Attitude: Calm, meditative, informative. RS Rhetorical Strategy: Onomatopoeia “ One had her form under my house all winter,…

history but Robert Frost and his poems take the cake because they are well thought out and have many different meanings and figurative language. On poemhunter.com he is considered the second-best poet of all time beating people like Walt Whitman and William Shakespeare. On poets.org, it said that Frost began his interest in writing and poetry when he was in high school. He then went to Dartmouth College and later transferred to Harvard. He never earned a formal degree. Frost was not only a…

Fire and Ice: The End of Our World? In this poem, the rich symbolism seems to curtain over the meaning of what the speaker is expressing, in what seems to be an introspective musing. This seems to be his aim, as the speaker is pondering the world and its demise. The words the speaker uses could have many meanings when reading them from a metaphorical standpoint. The speaker starts out acknowledging two different theories on how the world will end. He essentially states that he agrees with the…

Not Taken.” This Poem by Robert Frost is very thought-provoking because it makes one think about what would have happened if one decided to take the other road in life. If a person did decide to take the opposite road, would there be better opportunities…

In lines 299-304 Virgil comments on the time of year where the farmers are finally able to enjoy the rewards of their hard work. Virgil uses personification when he refers to winter since it is winter that brings times of restfulness and idleness, unties cares from the farmers, and invites festivities to the otherwise dull agricultural life. This personification it is obviously seen since hiems is in the nominative case in lines 299 and 302 and it is the main subject throughout these lines. It…