Frost at Midnight

This pattern of barrier-building appears as a frequent theme in both literature and politics, from the feuding families in the play “Romeo and Juliet” to President Trump’s incessant push to erect a physical wall between the United States and Mexico. Frost fuses the…

what direction to take. However, unlike roads, life does not provide a navigational system that directs someone to their desired destination. One must make decisions and rely upon those choices made to get them to their preferred destination. Robert Frost in his famous poem “The Road Not Taken” talks about a man who comes upon one of life’s stop signs and he must decide what road will lead him to his anticipated future. When analyzing Frost’s work, various interpreters deduce the theme 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…

William Butler Yates insists in the poem that he is miserable in the city lights. He states many facts that give the reader reasons to believe that the city is not for him. The poem gives the reader a visual of the city and the country where he is trying to get. He wants us to see the country as a place of happiness and somewhere he can live out the rest of his life. Yates uses symbols of lake water, crickets singing, and the thought of being trapped in the city wanting to go back to the…

outcome. Robert Frost shows how choices could change our lifestyle with the poems created by him. In Robert Frost poetry, Robert Frost uses multiple literary devices to describe that life has multiple outcomes in order to illustrate that people have responsibility for choices and actions made. Metaphors are descriptively seen throughout the many poems written by Frost to help show the different paths of life that could be taken. In Robert Frost's poem “The Road Not Taken”, Frost…

The family member that draws the black paper the next time must be stoned to death. However, the “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost focuses more on a family…

Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States of America. President Wilson was born on December 28, 1856. When President Wilson was 16, and when he passed college he was the only president to get a diploma. His first job was the governor of New Jersey it was a steady stroll until the railroad rebelled against him and drove him out of the position governor. After that, he met a girl named Ellen Louise after a couple of years of dating they got married. Before Wilson was president…

Imagine that it’s late at night. You have only a horse to ride. There are no lights, and you’re challenged to warn villagers about the British coming. This was some of the difficult tasks Revere had to overcome in 1775.There are many similarities and differences between the poem and the historical account. One of the similarities was the meanings of the lanterns. One of the differences was that the number of messengers differed. Longfellow used and altered history by making it informative and…

Jennifer Jimenez Mrs. Reyer 4th block 6 February 2017 Jimenez 1 Shulman and Leutze Patriotic Work David Shulman and Emanuel Leutze mark the significance of Washington crossing the Delaware through literature and imagery, but both men have many comparisons and contrasts in their work. On December 25, 1776 George Washington and his troops cross the Delaware River in hopes of surprising the Hessians. This event has been turned into a piece of literature by David Shulman for the poetic enthusiasts.…