Neither Out Far nor In Deep and There Are Roughly Zones
Compare and contrast two shorter Frost poems in relation to:Neither Out Far nor In Deep and There Are Roughly Zones are two of Frost's shorter poems that use different styles and techniques to look at similar themes. The former is something of a social commentary, focusing on conformity and man's isolation from nature, while the latter is a narrative looking at man's limits and lack of power over nature. Neither Out Far Nor In Deep uses the setting of a beach as a way of characterising the people in the poem. The sand they are standing on represents the shallowness of their thought, as they 'all turn and look one way'. However they also 'turn their back on the land' and 'look at the sea all day', showing that though they may resent this and would like to have the depth of knowledge found in the deeper water, their own sense of mass conformity and confinement stops them from making the effort. This desire is so strong that they may even be ignoring the truth that is in front of them, as they stay fixed on the sea 'wherever the truth may be'. There Are Rougly Zones takes place in the very different landscape of a house during a storm. Ho
Though they vary somewhat in poetic form, technique and diction in the ways shown, both poems are united, among other things, by their success. The two poems use very different poetic forms and techniques to put across their similar points. The poem also demonstrates a fatalistic mood with the acceptance that 'there is nothing much we can do for the tree tonight', and the realisation that the betrayal of nature shows that they have no power over the storm. Frost's diction varies between the two poems, though his distinct voice can be heard through his criticisms of man in favour of nature and his fatalistic attitude. There are only four adjectives in the whole poem - 'one way', 'all day', 'wetter ground' and 'standing gull' - and only one simile 'like glass'. Early on in the poem it seems as though he is criticising them for turning their backs on the land, and possibly the truth, as a way of trying to escape their life. Anaphora is used in the last stanza as frost says that 'They cannot look' out far or in deep, embodying the title of the poem. The planting of the peach tree in a northern climate is an example of this longing to have some power over nature by going against what is expected. wever the first line 'we sit indoors and talk of the cold outside' shows us that inside the house and outside in the garden may have the same metaphorical meanings as the sand and the sea in Neither out Far. This is stressed by the lack of caesura and use of enjambment only three times (lines 1, 5 and 15). The apparently simplistic nature of Neither Out Far contrasts with the complex tones of Roughly Zones, making them interesting poems to compare. The directness of the statements ensures that nothing is left to the imagination; the only cause for thought being the final, rhetorical question. Neither Out Far, on the other hand, keeps diction to a minimum as the simplicity of the poem mutes Frost's voice slightly. However this tone changes as the growing of the peach tree is used as a symbol of a way of trying to break through the limits of man.
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