Frost illustrates the troubled life of an old man who’s memory is slowly fading away. * Throughout the poem Frost uses various literary devices to emphasize the idea that the old man is secluded from everyone. * The poem is written in one stanza following a fixed meter and an irregular rhyming scheme – Frost’s style. * The author uses personification, imagery, to describe the old man’s emotions
Personification – The author uses personification throughout the poem one of its use is to emphasize the loneliness of the old man. * ‘He consigned to the moon such as she was’ Line 18 * ‘All out of doors looked darkly in at him’ Line 1 * No human interaction * Metaphorical meaning: He is so alone, no human interaction so objects … become alive to replace human company. * Never talking about other people, specifically about the old man only and the other objects around. * Emphasizing the loneliness. Personification II – Through the poem the author uses personification to highlight the idea that the old man is aggravated and angry. And having scared the cellar under him. Line 9 * In clomping there, he scared it once again. Line 10 * In clomping off – and scared the outer night. Line 11 * Outer night = darkness, darkness = fear. * Things that now usually scare others are now common, stressing the idea that he is so angry and the noises he makes are so loud that everything around him is scared of him. – Showing his anger. Auditory Imagery- Through auditory imagery the author accentuates the idea that the old man is aggravated. * Which has its sounds, familiar, like the roar Of trees and crack of branches, common things, But Nothing so like beating on a box.
The Essay on Richard Cory Line People Poem
In "Richard Cory", Edwin Arlington Robinson explores the deception of appearances. Richard Cory was a wealthy man, admired and envied by those who consider themselves less fortunate than he. Seemingly, Richard Cory was the model of success, dignity, and wealth. A standard to which every man was measured. However, Richard Cory didn't have everything; the desire to live. Through Richard Cory, ...
Lines 12-13-14 * Stress the conjunction BUT showing that nothing compares to the noises the man is making, again underlining the idea that the man is unbelievably angry, tired and aggravated. Visual Imagery – Through visual imagery the idea that the man is secluded from all kinds of interaction with the outer world * ‘For such a charge, his snow upon the roof, his icicles alone the walls to keep’ Lines 21-22 * Imagining icicles – prison bars, even the roof is covering him, winter- he’s blending with the view – invisible to other people.
