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“Acquainted with the Night,” is another popular work of Frost’s packed full of figurative language starting with the title of the poem. The word “night” is a metaphor for darkness, which can be interpreted as loneliness or depression. The speaker appears to be well acquainted with feelings of sadness. Frost can personally identify with this sense of being surrounded by darkness as he unfortunately endured heavy tragedy in his life: prematurely losing all but two of his six children followed by…

Stave 1--Dismal Gray seemed to shroud the entire section of this story, hanging low like the mist over England. Although bleakness is not the main theme in A Christmas Carol, it is certainly present and important. As evidenced by the author’s word choice when he was adding description to the Christmas Eve night: it was cold, bleak, biting weather, and he could hear the people in the court outside….candles were flaring in windows of the windows of the neighboring offices, like ruddy smears…

Robert Frost is a famous American poet of the 19th century who was admired for his work. Frost left an imprint in the world by developing poems that let readers experience feelings through words. He usually focus his poems on experiences that a person would face regularly. Though, Frost includes numerous metaphors that outlined his experiences and environments he lived in. He expressed his feelings through the the use of figurative language. The poet compared himself to a person, place, or thing…

NOTEs Edwin Chadwick Relevant Background Information • “Clear-thinking man of action” • 1832 - English government appointed the Royal Commission - inquire workings of Poor Law and how to improve it. • Leading commissioner • Made it known that system needed to be reformed to stop the citisens from demanding public funds – usually unnecessary Controversy • 1834 – measure passed, Chadwick didn’t get what he wanted (thought he would take charge of New Poor Law) • Only made secretary –…

“My Last Duchess,” Browning’s dramatic monologue centers thematically on a Renaissance Duke’s obsession with overpowering his Duchess. His desire to dominate reached ta an extent where he reduced her to nothingness, captured in a painting. The poem, though about a Renaissance man, reflects completely a Victorian masculine attitude toward women. The main character of the poem that indulges into the monologue is a misogynist man who is unable to bear with any act of agency performed by women. In…

In Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall”, the theme that humans create arbitrary separations between themselves to find comfort in safety is shown through his use of a playful to dark diction and symbolism of the wall. Throughout the poem, a playful diction revolving around the barrier gradually transitions into a dark diction of why these barriers exist. First, a playful diction is presented as the narrator thinks of the barriers as “...just another kind of outdoor game” (Frost 21). Frost uses…

In Steven Monte’s “Analysis of ‘Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening’” Monte not only explains his views of the poem but pursues many deeper implications. Monte’s essay is a different way to write analysis because his thesis is not only a deeper meaning of the poem but a deeper meaning of life, shown !!!. Monte brings his ideas of “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” to be just like life. This idea of Montie’s tells us that “Pausing and reflecting” in the poem is a similar event that…

Adrianna Hodges Mrs. Borrego English 12, 4th block 29 September 2014 Mugabe’s Massacre Robert Mugabe, age 90, is the current president of Zimbabwe. As leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front, a militant gang and political party, elections which he partakes in are always won by unfairness. His dictatorship has risen in great power; Mugabe’s rule has lasted since 1980. Robert Mugabe and his family live an extravagant life. The family is known for large parties and weddings,…

Born February 12th 1809 - Died April 19th 1882 The voyage of the Beagle (most important work): Started December 27th 1831 (lasted almost 5 years) Voyage around the world He found evidence to propose a revolutionary hypothesis about how life changes over time (evolutionThe smallest, lowest islands were hot and dry = no vegetation The higher Islands were very wet. More vegetation Was fascinated by tortoises and marine iguanas on Island…

Much like people in today's world Robert Frost struggled to fit into society and cope with his struggles in a sane way. If you were to look at all of his accomplishments and awards you wouldn’t think he was depressed but critics and his poems prove otherwise. As you read any of Frost’s poems even his famous ones, they will show his mental struggles or life struggles. In his poem Acquainted with the night Frost writes “I have walked down the saddest city lane” (Frost). Frost had many struggles in…