Thursday, 16 May 2013

Robert Frost

Out,Out

"The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard" - Animal imagery
Language " sweet scented stuff" juxtposes against the events about to happen.
Iambic pentameter
The use of ceasurea's - reminds the reader that it's a story
"He must have given the hand" saying it's almost the boys fault for the accident.
"Little - less - nothing!" Pace and rhythm reflects the heart beat, get slower until the boy finally dies.
"Little - less - nothing!" The use of exclamation mark suggests shock however it sounds quite sarcastic, nobody cares.
Objective narrative.

Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening

Rhyming structure goes AABA until final stanza where it is AABB
"Whose woods these are I think I know" the narrator believes he feels comfortable within the woods.
"And miles to go before I sleep" repetition of this sentence could show that the narrator is dying, or he could be making a journey.
Use of a steady rhythm called tetrameter, like the steps of making a journey.

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