Frost at Midnight

We have all felt alone and in the dark at some point in our life. Acquainted with the Night, By Robert Frost is a poem that deeply expresses emotions of isolation, detachment from self, disassociation and a depressive state of being. Robert Frost explores isolation through figurative words and poetic devices. From the beginning the word acquainted is a word that conveys meaning of distance and lack of close familiarity. The author states he was acquainted with night, meaning he stayed…

Restoring Faith in Life through Nature Looking beyond the surface and finding meaning in life is important in all aspects of our lifestyle. The poem “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird”, written by Wallace Stevens, digs deep into colder weather and shows the beauty that is found during winter time and how it relates to everyday human life. In each stanza a different perspective and action is reported from one of the thirteen black birds. Like a traditional haiku, Steven’s relates to…

described as taking "the road "less traveled by" (line 19). Robert Frost has skillfully written the poem to not only provide a situation many can relate to, but to challenge thought through his use of language in the poem. Robert Frost uses imagery, tone, and irony to illustrate one's decision of which road to take. Imagery is a poetic device that authors use to appeal to readers’ sense of sight, smell, touch, and taste. Robert Frost uses imagery heavily in his poem "The Road Not Taken." For…

Robert Frost describes a childhood experience and the feelings acquired from it through the application of figurative language. Too began, Frost describes a beautiful scene of a childhood. In this scene, trees take the main focal point and are depicted through a simile of being “like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair/ before them over their heads to dry in the sun” (18/19). This referencing the tree's leaves and how they limp near the ground just how a girl would flip her hair down.…

Although Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963) was best known for his presence in New England, his life actually began here in the United States of America (Kennedy and Gioia 983). Robert’s family spent the first eleven years of his life residing in San Francisco, California. But by the year 1885 Robert’s mother, Isabelle Frost, moved the family to Lawrence, Massachusetts due to the passing of his father, William Frost (Parini ch.1). In 1892 Robert Frost graduated as co-valedictorian at Lawrence High…

Robert Frost is one of the most influential poets of the 20th century. His style and ideals shaped the world of modern poetry and continue to have a profound effect even today. Many of Frost’s works are dedicated to the ideals of living with oneself, by oneself, while learning the ways of the world. Frost dedicates himself to explaining why the rural setting and life in nature is significant and why it should be acknowledged. In several works presented, Frost will represent both of these ways of…

Robert Frost is arguably the most renowned American poet of all time. He used a simple conversational language to portray powerful messages. However, like many artitsts and writers, his success was not immediate. He faced many hardships and excessive grief along the way, including the untimely deaths of many family members, significant financial struggles and his continuing battle with depression. Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874, to William and Jeanie Frost. He spent the first 11 years…

Biography about Robert Frost Robert frost is a New England poet. Frost was born on 1874 March 26 in San Francisco, California. He lived there from 11-12 years until his dad, William Prescott Frost, passed away of tuberculosis in May 5, 1885. Frost later went to live in Lawrence, Massachusetts with the rest of his family. His mother was Isabelle Moddie, she had blood of Scottish descent, she became a Swedenborgian in the church that they went to and got Robert frost baptized in that church,…

Robert Frost is a poet who is well known for making the meanings to his poems ambiguous. The same holds true for his poem “Mowing.” The poem itself appears to be simply a story about a man cutting hay, but Frost uses a large number of literary devices to separate his work from the field. In this poem in particular, Frost’s devices range from metaphor to diction, and each use of device brings its own unique meaning to the poem. In one example, Frost uses extended metaphor. The extended metaphor…

yours passed away. Maybe this family member was really special to you, they were like gold. In Frost's' poem he explains that nothing good can stay by talking about how even the gold leaves can't stay when fall comes around. First of all, when Frost says "gold" in his poem he is talking about the good in things. Like if you win the lottery and you get $100 million dollars. This may seem like the gold in life but in all reality, no matter how many cars or houses you buy, you won't get to…