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'A Tuft of Flowers' Robert Frost: A Boy's Will Form of the poem i.e. the way it is written: Technique: Example: The use of the iambic pentameter 'I went to turn the grass once after one' combined with the use of the 'heroic couplets'

Death imagery

'Beside a reedy brook the scythe had bared'

End-dash

'And I must be , as he had been - alone'

Alliteration

'a bewildered butterfly'

Spondaic rhythm

'At a tall tuft of flowers beside a brook'

Synecdoche

The field which is mowed by the speaker

Diction, metaphor

'A leaping tongue of bloom the scythe had spared'

Effect: The continuous iambic pattern and the rhyming pattern highlights the repetitive and monotonous nature of the speaker's work, turning grass. - The iambic pentameter adds a fable-like tone to the poem Frost evokes the grim reaper imagery through the use of the scythe, which reiterates the notion of solitude Frost's isolation of the word 'alone' places a thematic stress on the isolation of the speaker who is turning the grass by himself - loneliness Adds emphasis to the speaker's encounter with nature - adds a sense of fragility to the butterflies who are typically symbolised as figures of aesthetic delight and freedom Frost wants to emphasise how the flowers physically and literally stand out, by breaking up the iambic pentameter. - Triggers discovery: nature discovers the speaker towards philosophical clarity The field stands for the impact of the industrial revolution on the nature, which is represented by the mower carrying the scythe. By guiding the speaker towards the 'tuft of flowers', nature has replenished the human condition. + reiterated through the use of the word, 'withering', which creates a deathly tone: a result of man's brutality The tuft of flowers will talk to the speaker, as if it were a tongue, and we words will lift

Simplistic diction + repetition

e.g. 'grass', 'mower'

Intertextual allusion to Keat's poem, 'Autumn' and Bryant's poem, 'To a waterfowl'

'Seeking with memories grown dim o'er night'

Mystic connotations

'I thought of questions that have no reply'

him, and provide energy - as he has discovered the relationships between man, due to nature. Frost employs few poetisms in order to speak for the universality of loneliness Both these poems explore the isolation within man, until beauty within nature triggers discovery - spiritual discovery: ● Innate connection between poets parallels the innate connection between man The mysteries of the world i.e. connection to man are answered by nature

Content i.e. what the poem means ● 'Mending Wall' Robert Frost: North of Boston Technique: The use of blank verse combined with simplistic diction

Example:

Synechdoche

'Mending Wall'

Paradox

'I let my neighbour know beyond the hill.../And set the wall between us as we go.'

Sisyphus allusion

'And some are loaves and some so nearly balls'

Pun

'And to whom I was like to give offense'

Effect: Frost attempts to recreate the New England vernacular, by implementing a speechlike quality The wall represents the rules and the divisions in society, and in this case, Robert Frost may have been expressing his opinion on the repair of the deteriorated rules in the poetry industry. Social interaction occurs out of the creation of a division i.e. both neighbours gain a social interaction by building a wall which will in turn, divide them. A Sisyphean task is a futile task, and this is evident because the wall is not used to contain cows - continues to be maintained without reason. The two meanings: ●Give a fence: build the fence

Repetition

'And set the wall between us once again. We keep the wall between us as we go.'

Ritualistic connotations

'But at spring mending-time we find them there.'

Caesura Repetition

●Giving offence: creating a wall to segregate the neighbours Frost emphasises the division of men, through the repetition of 'between us.' The speaker is ambivalent about the purpose of the wall, and the need for it. The need for construction and divide: mindlessly following tradition

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