Darker side of Robert Frost
Robert Frost is often referred to as a poet of nature. Words and phrases such as fire and ice, flowers in bloom, apple orchards and rolling hills, are all important elements of Frost's work. Remove them and something more than symbols are taken away. These 'benign' objects provide an alternative way to look at the world and are often used as metaphors to describe a darker view of nature and humans. In Frost's poetry, the depth is as important as the surface. The darker aspects of Frost's poetry are often portrayed through the use of symbolism, vivid imagery, and selective word choice. Frost's poems appear to be simple on the surface, yet upon further scrutiny the poems reveal themselves as elusive. Frost utilizes ordinary objects to create a deeper meaning. For example, the poem "Mending Wall", appears to be about the differences between two neighbors and their ideas on rebuilding a wall. On the other hand, the wall may be viewed, in a more general sense, as a symbol to represent all the antagonistic or mistrustful barriers that divide man from man. "The gaps I mean / No one has seen them made or heard them made / But at spring mending-time we find them there" (lines 9-11), illustrates the point that people become s
eparated without even realizing it because we become so caught up in what is happening in our own lives. Likewise, the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" seems to represent the change of seasons. Thus, without the care of man and without the animals the field is deserted, desolated, and lonely. For example, the constant struggle between one's inner feelings and the accepted social norms. " The Norton Anthology of American Literature. The color gold represents the end of life, whereas green represents new life. Beneath the apparent simplicity of Frost's writings, lurks a hidden commentary on both the nature of personality and the social/political state of society. For example, the title of the poem "Desert Places", stimulates images of loneliness, feelings of abandonment, and a general sense of isolation. Frost's Darker Side. " The Norton Anthology of American Literature. The speaker is caught between old patterns and new possibilities.
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