Frost at Midnight

In his poem, “Out, Out--,” Robert Frost uses a variety of figurative language in order to give power and lifelike characteristics to an inanimate object. Frost uses techniques, such as onomatopoeias, in order to add humanlike aspects to a lifeless saw. By constantly mentioning how, “The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard…” (1), Frost gives the inanimate saw the ability to make sounds. By giving the saw this ability, the author is giving it more character traits and allowing it to be…

Robert Frost Robert Frost once said “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” Robert Frost was an American poet His unique work is loved by many people. Frost is a popular poet, and was honored frequently during his lifetime and received four pulitzer prizes. One of Robert Frost’s most famous poems is The Road Not Taken. Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874, in San Francisco. He lived with his father, William Prescott Frost Jr., his mother, Isabelle…

Claude Monet and Paul Cezanne differed greatly in style and did not present a clear, concise picture of the world, but they both found new ways of representing nature. The paintings "Rocks in the Forest" and "The Artist's Garden at Giverny" represent the artist's lives by their use of different shades of colors; however, they share rough, unfinished textures and both vertical and curved lines. "Rocks in the Forest" render the shapes with passages of subtly varied colors, such as green, blue,…

Robert Frost is a firm believer in using happiness to initiate a poem. Sequentially, turning said happiness into a gradual journey of self-acknowledgment and a deeper sense of wisdom. Henceforth, not many people grasp the concept behind Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" at first glance. The story is an assertion of the vital essence of the choices one must make in life's journey and includes an ironic twist of the tendency to struggle with making said choices in life. Frost employs the…

idea that Death is taking her to eternity. Dickinson also uses various symbols with personification to help impart her message that Death is an assured occurrence. Additionally, Robert Frost uses symbolism in his poem, “Fire and Ice,” to convey that Death will undeniably come, but through either desire or hate. Frost uses his extended metaphor to show that while two choices are different, they also can have the same result. While they both agree on Death being inevitable,…

Romantic Poets write about life, death and, nature to express how they are feeling about the idea they are writing about. Romantic poets use figurative language to help understand the theme they are trying to imply through their poems. In “The Cross of Snow” by Longfellow, and “The First Snowfall’ by Lowell, both authors develop different themes, but they write about a similar topic and use similar poetic devices to integrate their theme into their writing. In the poem “The First Snowfall,”…

“Out, Out–” and “Mowing” by Robert Frost explore the differing values of life by creating a relationship between a tool and a human. “Out, Out–” forms a negative relationship between a boy and a powered buzz saw, whereas “Mowing” creates a positive one between a man and a scythe. These poems depict an individual hard at work and use the central image of the sound their tool makes to convey the theme. Frost also emphasizes the reality of the time and location these pieces were written in to…

Upon first glance, the only apparent similarity between Emily Dickinson’s “A Light Exists in Spring” and E.E. Cummings’ “Spring is Like a Perhaps Hand” is that both poems contain the word “spring” in their title. Dickinson composes in a strict meter and rhyme scheme while Cummings has little to no structure to his poem. “A Light exists in Spring,” although ostensibly one of Dickinson’s nature poems, makes this experience of nature a rather religious one. At the same time, “Spring is Like a…

There fell a stillness upon the village when he came. The prince of Gilelda, poised and absolute atop his ivory mare who treaded softly and andante along the riverbank, following the current which ran deep and green, dipping into the brush and widening out into a vast pool. Sycamore trees often hindered his trail yet he manoeuvred his mare seamlessly, rich golden eyes glancing up through thick lashes. A prince of just 15 years, a soon to be king unknown to the kingdoms he would rule in a matter…

Lunch Poems at SFU is a creative vibrant discussion of poetic ideas and cadence, connecting the audience with poets, held the third Wednesday of every month from noon to 1 pm in the Teck Gallery at Simon Fraser University’s Harbour Centre Campus. Dedicated to appealing to a wide range of poetry lovers, the host has invited a variety of famous poets and their finest works showcasing the diversity of the poetry scene in contemporary literary community. The event is a valuable opportunity to get in…