Ghost House

             In Robert Frost Poem, "Ghost House," Frost describes to us a person who is in a ghost house. "Ghost House" is an extremely descriptive poem descriptive poem depicting an old haunted house. The imagery in this poem gives the readers a sense of loneliness and darkness. The imagery, alliteration, repetition and rhyme in "Ghost House" provide the poem with better description and detail. In addition, Frosts achieve in make the "ghost house" more alive as if we were in the "ghost house."
             "Ghost House" is about a current resident of a "ghost house" who is haunted by ghost figures. The poem is told through the eyes of this speaker. The owner is somewhat scared of his uninvited company. However, the owner's opinion of the ghost couple seems to change towards the end of the poem when Frosts writes,
             With None among them there ever sings,
             And yet, in view of hose many things,
             As sweet companions as might be had. (Line 28-30)
             It almost sounds like as if he feels sorry for them when he mentions how they stand together silently.
             As a poetic element, the imagery in "Ghost Story" provides the readers with a vivid image of aspects of the surroundings such as the "grape-vines" (6) and the "small, dim, summer star" (21). This imagery allows the reader to see the house as if he were the speaker. Frost uses such imagery as he writes,
             And left no trace but the cellar walls,
             And a cellar in which the daylight falls,
             And the purple-stemmed wild raspberries grow. (Line 1-5)
             We can picture an old, weak house, covered with vines and wild raspberries. The "cellar walls" show the weakness as well as the dark cellar, where only "daylight falls."
             Also in contrast, Frosts captures such strengt
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