... eventually broke out of his trance, possibly with the aid of his horse, by thoughts of prior commitments. The former statement is shown in the text by the line "He gives his harness bells a shake to ask if there is some mistake"(L.L. 9-10) and the latter by: "But I have promises to keep And miles ... the year"(L.8), refers to the winter equinox that occurs every 21st of December. If we look at it symbolically, this line could have been written to convey the peak of Frost's efforts to finish his book New Hampshire. Furthermore the equinox aspect of this poem symbolizes the transition from...

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... finishes the poem saying that the destruction of the earth by fire or ice doesn't matter because both are equally destructive, "And would suffice.""(Line 9) The final line of this poem is that the world is going to be destroyed, and along with it everyone else. Death is an ingrained part of human ... of death. The very first lines gives the reader an image of a tense and hostile environment. "The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard.""(Line 1) Frost uses personification to show that the saws are giving off noises that a wild animal or a dog would give off. Frost describes the surroun...

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... such a personal and bleak narrative written in simple language. This Italian Sonnet style is most often used for frothy romantic love poems, but Frost uses the three line rhyme scheme in four stanzas v/s and finishes with a couplet, aba, bcb, cdc, ded, ff. This poem can be likened to the works of Dante ... like our understanding. He finds freedom in walking out in the dark and rain, as this limits his chance of contact with others. Even when in line 5 he meets a night watchman he averts his eyes to avoid acknowledgement or conversation, it is often written that he does this to avoid con...

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... this piece, the speakers state the obvious. The dialogue is an ingenious catalyst used by Frost to create a new style of poetry, which is a characteristic of Modernism. From start to finish, this piece is gripping, allowing the reader to become part of the poem. Frost throws the truth of the poem in the reader's face rather than alluding to the meaning ... . From the beginning the reader recognizes an intense disconnection between the husband and wife speakers. In the first stanza it states, "I will find out now-you must tell me, dear," (line 12). Here the husband is probing at his wife'...

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