Frost at Midnight

Discovery offers the opportunity to alter perspectives and change typical understandings of the human experience. Robert Frost’s poems ‘Mending Wall’ and ‘Fire and Ice’, each portray the process of discovery that has resulted from their respective persona’s observation of the world. Similarly, Henry David Thoreau’s personal memoir ‘Walden’ acts as a thoughtful reflection regarding the impact of the natural environment upon the world-view of the author. Finally, Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych…

Wendell Berry is an American poet and literary fictionist who mainly writes about agriculture, rural life, communities, outdoors and nature. “[He] has written at least twenty-five chapbooks of poems, sixteen volumes of essays, and eleven novels and short story collections” (Shetterly). He is an environmental activist, conservationist, and cultural critic. He is a supporter of Christian pacifism, which he clearly states in his book Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Christ's Teachings About Love,…

rural lifestyle of those living in Frosts poems. The people living in rural New England Frost refers to in his poetry are required to make a decision between rationality and imagination; as if they cannot exist in unison. In Frost's poetry the adults generally uphold their rationality as an affliction of duty, but there are certain instances when the suggestion of imagination is almost too seductive to bear. For example, in lines 49 and 50 of the poem “Birches,” Frost states “I’d like to get…

Huron Carol or “Twas in the moon of wintertime," composed by Jean de Brébeuf in the Native American language of the Huron people in 1643, translated by Jesse Edgar Middleton "Jesous Ahatonhia (The Huron Carol)" in Canadian Poetry in English, compiled by Bliss Carman, Lorne Pierce, and V.B. Rhodenizer (Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1954). The European colonization model evidenced by the song above a. used trade alliances and intermarriage with American Indians to acquire products for export to…

“Stay gold.” The poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost has a few themes that can be related to in S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders. Both the poem and the book have many similarities between their themes and events that take place. A quote that had stood out to me in the poem was, “nothing gold can stay.” This portrays the theme of, “all good must come to an end.” In The Outsiders, PonyBoy Curtis Was forced to cut his long hair off, which he loved to a high content in, order to change his…

Mending Wall by Robert Frost is about a farmer and his neighbor mending a wall between their houses, but the deeper purpose of the poem is to convey an idea, and this idea is that humans should question our traditions and see reason instead. Throughout the poem the speaker questions the reasons for building the wall, what brings the wall down in the winter, and his relationship with his neighbor. In this poem Frost Achieves the central purpose by using connotation, situational irony, and…

In Fire and Ice Frost uses two literal things that take on a figurative meaning to express the true meaning of the poem, fire, and ice. In The Road Not Taken Frost uses the literal situation of choosing between two paths and the figurative language of imaging the journey of taking the two paths to express the true meaning of the poem. Through his literal and figurative topics and ideas, Robert Frost makes the story more complex and have a deeper meaning. In Fire and Ice Robert Frost uses 2…

Robert Frost is the author and speaker of the poem “The Road Not Taken”. Robert Frost is an American poet who was born in San Francisco. “The Road Not Taken” is one of the most popular poems written by Robert Frost. It consists of four stanzas and each stanza contains five lines. This poem uses much of symbolism. The author which is Robert Frost, must choose between two paths in the wood but is having trouble deciding which one he should take. He also reveals many emotions such as regret,…

Following your path is a good thing but there are negatives and positives that go along with making your own decisions. In both “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and “Experience” by Dorothy Livesay the poets use metaphor and point of view to communicate their difficult experiences when dealing with finding their way in life, however Frost and Livesay had two different experiences when dealing with finding their way in life, which is shown in their poems. Both poets used metaphor to express…

“The Road Not Taken,” by Robert Frost is set to remind people of the dynamics of life. For an example, the decision made to use someone’s idea to create an essay, and the lack of understanding that doing so would lead to possible plagiarism could cause a problem. The risk and the consequences of the choice made transpire. Had a longer extension been asked of, because the original paper was nothing like the one turned in, the question of honesty would not be, and overall grade average would be a…