Robert Frost s A Late Walk - 945 Words

The last days of autumn, or any season for that matter, has the tendency to make an impression on the consciousness that cannot be forgotten. In regard to autumn specifically, the change into winter is more than often associated with somber feelings coupled with the theme of death. â€Å"A Late Walk,† a poem written by Robert Frost, in particular, uses rhyme, simile, metaphor, imagery, alliteration, and symbolism to cement not only the theme of death, but also nature, beauty and nostalgia. This poem, inspired by Frost’s early life as a farmer at the turn of the 20th century, takes the reader on a short stroll through the crop fields with a farmer to garden. Frost’s use of natural but personified imagery, quatrains, and  ¾ beat lines allow the reader to feel his apparent pensive sadness in the final days of fall. In the opening stanza, Frost describes the narrator, a farmer, walking through the crop field to a garden that appears to lay at its feet. At first glance, the phrase â€Å"The headless aftermath† in line two produces imagery related to warfare(2). One might assume that Frost is attempting to make it seem as if the farmer is a warrior that has battled the field all fall and now stands triumphant over his defeated enemies, now headless and still after the final battle, but they would be wrong. Frost is simply describing a mowing field that has recently been harvested, which signifies that it is complete. This field is also â€Å"smooth-laid like thatch with the heavy dew†, which isShow MoreRelatedAnalysis Of Robert Frost s Poem A Late Walk 971 Words   |  4 Pageschange, new beginnings, and a better understanding of what was and will be. The poetry of Robert Frost particularly uses themes of nature, seasons, nostalgia and remembrance as means to reflect on the past an d their implications on the future. â€Å"A Late Walk,† a poem inspired by his time on his farm during the turn of the 19th century, is one of many that show his melancholy affection for change. In this poem, Frost uses simple natural imaginary, written in quatrains and 3/4 beat line alterations, to takeRead MoreAcquainted With The Night By Robert Frost1553 Words   |  7 PagesRobert Frost s â€Å"Acquainted with the Night† is about a man who frequently journeys out at night and roams about the city alone. He is familiar with the atmosphere around him and it’s apparent he has wandered far beyond the city. Throughout the poem the speaker does not communicate with anyone and a sense of silence and suspense pervade his walks. It is understood that the speaker is very lonely on his walks and often finds himself hoping someone would call out to him. 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Robert Frost made an attempt to define poetry, â€Å"A poem is an idea caught in the act of dawning†(Kennedy and Gioia). Poetry can carry a sensitive message, as seen in the poems â€Å"Ozymandias† and the â€Å"Ballad of Birmingham†, as they present two separate ideas. â€Å"Ozymandias† involved the destruction of a statue, and the â€Å"Ballad of Birmingham† depicts racism and segregation of the civil rights era. Racism and segregation were a prominent theme in America until the late 1960s, where it hadRead MoreEssay about Romanticism1678 Words   |  7 Pagestragedy. This new interest in relatively unsophisticated but emotional literary expressions of the past was to be a dominant note in Romanticism. (Frenz, Horst and Stallknecht, Newton P. pgs 70-73) Romanticism in English literature began in the 1790’s was the publication of Lyrical Ballads written by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Cloeridge. Wo rdsworth’s â€Å"Preface† to the second edition (1800) of Lyrical Ballads, in which he describes poetry as â€Å" the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings