Robert_Frost

Robert Frost Robert Frost has conveyed many examples of journeys in his poetry, particularly inner, physical and emotional. Some examples of Frost’s poems which convey journeys are ‘Fire and Ice’, ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ and ‘Mending Walls’. Robert Frost has used man poetic techniques throughout his poems to show how he conveyed the various types of journeys. Robert Frost mainly uses nature in his poems to bring out the examples of journeys. The poem ‘Fire and Ice’ is about love and hate and how it is destructing the world. ‘Fire and Ice’ is an example of an inner journey, because it is what Frost believes, his opinion, “I think I know enough of hate”. The persona is in first person, as there is a repetition of “I”, the poem is in Robert Frosts point of view. There are many emotions that are used this poem such as anger and sadness. The mood/atmosphere of this poem is negative, cold and dethatched. Robert Frost describes how devastating an individual’s innermost emotions of love and hate. The use of repetition “Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice” gives the poem a dramatic effect. The tone of the poem is down, sad and depressing. The poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ is about a man travelling on his horse who stopped by the woods to take in the beauty of nature and is afraid that someone might catch him staring but he wants to make this inviting scene his final resting place. ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ is an example of a physical journey as the person in the poem is travelling, “He will not see me stop here”, “And miles to go before I sleep”. The theme of the poem focuses around the sense of belonging which nature has to offer, peace and beauty. The repetition of “I” means the poems persona is in first person. The use of rhyme gives the poem a songlike effect “know”, “though”, “snow” and the use of repetition gives the poem emphasis “and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep”. The word “miles” in the last two lines is a symbolism of travel. The tone of the poem is peaceful. The poem ‘Mending Walls’ is an example of both physical and emotional journey in someone’s life. The theme of the poem is about communication, it suggests that people make emotional barriers and do not communicate effectively, “’good fences make good neighbours’”. The tone of the poem is ironic because of the way two men were brought together by a task that will keep them apart. “Why do they make good neighbours'” is a rhetorical question which makes the reader agree without asking it outright. In conclusion, Robert Frost uses a wide range of poetic techniques such as tone, persona and theme, to convey the examples of inner, physical and emotional journeys in his poems “Fire and Ice”, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “Mending Walls”.