The Birnam Wood

Photographed in the winter of 1940 by Marion Walcott, “Snowy Night” was taken in the center of town in Woodstock, Vermont. The center of town is well-lit by the soft light emitted from the street lamps; displaying the lack of people out on this “Snowy Night.” While it is unable to definitively deduce from the snow-covered cars that line the block, the lack of people is certainly aided by the cold temperatures and closed businesses. Topic sentence. The first thing that catches one’s eye in this…

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…

Robert Frost is remembered as the famous poet, scholar, and author to many acclaimed poems such as “The Road Not Taken”, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, and of course, “Acquainted With the Night”. Knowing Robert Frost as a person can give us a much better view of Robert Frost, the poet. The life of such a celebrated author wasn’t exactly always a party. Beginning at a young age Frost began to know the misfortunes of death when his father died of tuberculosis, forcing the entire family…

poems. This theraputic way of coping is shown through the speaker of Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, and The Road Not Taken. Different Routes: Theraputic Memories in Robert Frost Life can be stressful and can cause one to forget to not take nature for granted. Most people tend to get caught up in materialistic things, and completely disregard the basic things in life. The speaker in Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, shows the reader that in order to appreciate the…

Winter Beauty Tips for Travelers Winter is harsh on everything, especially your skin. If you are a traveler visiting a country in winter, you need to take extra care of your skin. Even though it is hard to be fashionable in winter considering the cold, here are some beauty tips to make you look your best as a winter traveler. Wear your sunscreen You might think this is unnecessary since the temperatures are low, but you are wrong. Irrespective of the season, if the sun is up, so are its rays,…

it possible for him to revert back to his original state of mind. The way in which nature is capable of revealing feelings of loneliness and solitude is also highlighted in “Birches”, when the narrator states that “life is too much like a pathless wood”. This simile, which compares life to a feature of nature, seems to suggest the way in which the narrator believes that life is often…

Robert Lee Frost is a well-known American poet who has won a congressional medal of honor and over 40 honorary degrees, all without ever finishing college. Robert’s career kicked off when he decided to live in England for a while. His love for England inspired Robert to publish, “A Boy’s Will” and “North Boston”. By the time Robert came back to America, he was considered, “1920’s most celebrated poet in America” and to this day, his poems are still being taught in high schools and colleges…

“Mending Wall” was first published in 1914 in the second collection of Robert Frost. The poem brings out the comparison of two different kinds of people with different personalities which in this poem are neighbors. The two neighbors have different perspectives regarding the fence but they annually meet and repair the wall once it's destroyed by nature every spring. The speaker believes that the wall is not important but he's the one who initiates the repair of the fence. The neighbor keeps on…

The leaves are falling while the wind rustles through them. The sounds of cars passing by and people rushing into buildings due to the cold-chilled air. In the poem To Autumn by John Keats, John Keats uses imagery to describe how the season autumn represents the early stages of life. Then towards the end, John Keats also uses imagery to represent the ending or death. Although John Keats uses imagery to describe autumn, John Keats uses the imagery elements to show the progression of autumn and…