... 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...

• Word Count: 1537
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... 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...

• Word Count: 1694
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: High School