POETRY ANTHOLOGY
BY - DANIEL SCHEHL
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I Am The One Who Poem By Daniel Schehl Summary Of Poetry By Daniel Schehl Sea Fever By. John Masefield Mother To Son By. Langston Hughes Caged Bird By. Maya Angelou The Road Not Taken By. Robert Frost Still I Rise By. Maya Angelou Life Is Fine By. Langston Hughes A Dream Within A Dream By. Edgar Allen Poe Woods On A Snowy Evening By. Edgar Allen Poe I Carry Your Heart In Me By. E.E Cummings Fire And Ice By. Robert Frost
Daniel Schehl I Am The One Who I am the one who is writing to you I am the one with the blues I am the one who has the first name Daniel I am the one who is quite granule I am the one who is different I am the one whose pace is quite blistering I am the one who puts family over anything I am the one who even denies the bling I am the one who runs I am the one who can't wait till I have sons I am the one who loves kids I am the one who also quite enjoys ribs I am the one who thinks there is nothing better than a lobster I am the one who has always been scared of monsters I am the one who really hates opinions I am the one who knows they could make me billions I am the one who loves my brothers I am the one who loves to wonder But truly I am the one who is afraid of growing up I am the one who is not ready to be a grown up
Daniel Schehl 3 page summary Mr. G 5/26/2016 Poetry is something I really never liked! I have never been able to sit down and read poetry with a smile on my face. This poetry assignment has forced me to take time out of my day and read poems and I quickly realized just reading them means nothing. Poems can be super complex and have so many different meanings and the style of writing can be very different. You really need to think about what the poet is trying to say. Once I realized this, I started to enjoy reading poems. But it doesn't mean I can sit down and read any poetry because some poems can be so pointless and boring! For example, Shakespeare’s poems are way too complex and boring for someone like me. I do not have any feeling of enjoyment reading his writings/poems. On the other hand, reading poems which convey the struggles and ups and downs of real life are much more suited to me. Some poems have taught me lessons on how to deny temptations and other poems have made me think about pain and how life can be so unfair, like poems by Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes. Part of the reason I actually enjoy reading some poetry is it feels like I'm on the soccer field trying to figure out the best way to play to the other team. When I play soccer I am always thinking about strategy and the style and talent of the other players. You need to pick up on little details to have an advantage. This is how I feel when I am unwrapping poetry.
Robert Frost and Langston Hughes were my favorite writers by a country mile! I enjoyed these poems so much more than others because of their ability to express real world issues and life's challenges. I also really liked their poems because of how they hide the real meaning of the poem so you had to find it. Robert Frost's poem “Woods on a Snowy Evening” is a perfect example. If you read it the poem sounds normal and everything but really it's quite sinister. Other types of poems I like are very emotional such as ones about slavery and civil rights. For example, “Still I Rise” and “Caged Bird” were fantastic poems by Maya Angelou. Not because they rhymed or because they were smooth, but because they were so powerful the message she sends is so strong and makes you feel so much emotion. I also loved the metaphors she used because they really set the poem off. Looking at my top 4 poems they are: 1. Woods on a Snowy Evening By Robert Frost 2. Caged Bird By Maya Angelou 3. Life Is Fine By Langston Hughes 4. The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost Looking at all these poems none of them are really happy if you know what I mean. All of the poems I picked consist of sad but true things. I think that is because sad things tend to be more interesting. Overall these poems are fantastic in my mind.
Also I would recommend them to anyone who ever is feeling down because I think they all send good messages, except for poems by Robert Frost which can have a creepy undertone, but are still enjoyable to read.
After doing this project I feel like I can not only read a poem and detect all of the
poetic features in the poem but also I feel like my grammar and the way I write is much smoother. I feel much more confident in my writing because I feel like poetry can really change into real writing and you can use your rhyme to make your work pop! Also, I feel like I have more of an appreciation for poetry now. I see that poems can be like little mysteries you have to solve to really appreciate them and how much work must go into writing just a few lines that can say so much and make you feel true emotion.
Poetry Anthology #1 5/26/16 Daniel Schehl Sea Fever by John Masefield
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking, And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking. I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the seagulls crying. I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife; And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellowrover, And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.
Commentary: This poem was suggested to me by a friend and I didn't think I was going to like it, but actually it really reminds me of my aunts bay house and the ocean. I also like it because this stressful year is almost over and I feel like this poem symbolizes my school year in away. I also enjoy this poem because of the rhythm and the amazing language the poet uses . This poem is short with only three stanzas and four lines in each stanza. The stanzas all have the same format. They each start with “I must go down to the seas again” and the phrase “And all I ask is a…” is repeated in each stanza to link all of the stanzas together. There is also a consistent rhyme pattern as the first two lines and the last two lines of each stanza rhyme. The poet uses sailor’s terminology/diction(which I had to look up), which reinforces the nautical theme of the poem. For example “And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellowrover”. In the first and second lines the poet uses alliterations with the letter “s” to convey the sound of the waves in the ocean. An example of this is “I mu s t go down to the s ea s again, to the lonely s ea and s ky, And all I a s k i s a tall s hip and a s tar to s teer her by;” The poet uses active language and similes to describe the life at sea. “I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide”, “winds like a whetted knife”. It is clear from the language in the poem that the poet misses the sea life. For example“the wheel’s kick… and the wind’s song… and the white sail's shaking”. The title of the poem ‘Sea Fever’ and the words “I must…” at the start of each stanza also illustrate how much the poet misses life at sea.
Poetry Anthology #2 2/15/16 Daniel Schehl Mother to Son Langston Hughes Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor Bare. But all the time I'se been aclimbin' on, And reachin' landin's, And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light. So boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard. Don't you fall now For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
Commentary: This poem gave me a strong message that I can relate to, which is life is not always easy or fair. I can relate to this because sometimes I feel like I work so hard but I am stuck and can't move. One thing I can take away from this poem is to always give it your best. Which I think is difficult, but once you realize that in life sometimes you're the only one who's watching and if you can shine through that you will be a better person! A couple things in this poem showed me how this is a poem not a story, the most important thing is that he uses metaphors. Forexample “Crystal Stair” is a metaphor for an easy life. Another example of a metaphor is “tacks,” “splinters,” and “boards torn up” are all examples of little things which are thrown into the biggest metaphor which is the stair. Langston Hughes is very good at using metaphors because they are very easy to understand as you come across them. The poem is broken up into two parts. The second most important part of this poem is the one world line “bare” which is included in the first part of the poem and starts the second part. “Bare” is the median for this poem because it shows us the different tones in each section. In the first part of the poem the Mom is telling her son about all the things that have tried to stop her in life. The first part is also written in a tone which is trying to convey to us that life is not only hard for her saying “Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair.” When she says “for me” it leads me to believe that other people struggle as well. The second part of the poem is written in more of a inspirational/hope tone. Telling the reader that “For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin.” The third most important thing about this poem is it is written in free verse. Which means the poem has no rhyme or pattern. The poem is the mother’s dialogue between the Mother and the Son. The Mother uses the same line to open up and end the poem “life for me ain't been no crystal stair.” This dialogue is called a bookend mostly used in poems. The very last thing that sets this poem off is the diction Langston Hughes uses. For example “I'se still climbin” tells us the mother is African American because “I’se” is black slang. It also tells us she is from a time where African Americans were not very well educated. Which shows us the mother didn't have a very good education which is probably why she has to work so hard in life to reach the “Crystal Stair.”
Poetry Anthology Entry #3 2/23/16 Daniel Schehl Caged Bird By. Maya Angelou
A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing. The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still. and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom.
The free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn and he names the sky his own But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing. The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom.
Commentary:
This poem really spoke to me and connected with me because when you read it you realize exactly what the poem is about, it's about racism and segregation. These are my favorite type of poems because I have strong opinions against slavery. This poem also reminds me of my pet bird that I only had for 1 week before I let it fly away. Looking much deeper into the main metaphor of the poem, which is the poem itself, the extended metaphor is that the trapped bird resembles an African American person during segregation. The free bird resembles white men and women during the 1930’s. In the 1930’s segregation was very bad, it was hard for African American people to find jobs and make money. From the we can infer that the trapped bird is reassembling a Black person during segregation. Whites were running the show in the ‘30’s knowing that we can also figure out that a free bird is resembling a White person. The first two stanzas contrast two birds. Lines 1 through 7 describe the actions of a bird that is free, it interacts with nature and “dares to claim the sky.” The second stanza (lines 8 through 14) tells of a captured bird that must endure clipped wings, tied feet, and bars of rage; yet he still opens his throat and sings. The third and fifth stanzas are identical. Lines 2, 4, and 6 and lines 5 and 7 of these identical stanzas rhyme. This repeated verse elaborates on the song of freedom thrilled by the caged bird; though his heart is fearful, the bird continues to sing of liberty. The fourth stanza continues the comparison of two birds, the caged and the free. The free bird enjoys the breeze, the trees, the winds, the lawn, the sky, and the fat worms; the caged bird with his wings still clipped and his feet still tied continues, nevertheless, to open his throat and sing. Like the refrain of a hymn, the fifth and final stanza is a reiteration. Maya Angelou does not allow meter, rhyme, and stanza to control her poetry. She determines her own structure(which she doesn't really have) and uses different devices for her own way. I think the reason her poem has none of these attributes is because African Americans at the time were treated cruelly. I think she wants to be different with her writing and express herself in her own way.
Poetry Anthology #4 Daniel Schehl 3/2/16 The Road Not Taken Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
Commentary: This poem made me think about all the choices I am going to make in the next 5 years which will make me great or strike me down. I enjoyed this poem because it makes me remember my grandfather and all the hikes we would take, and all the trails would diverge into others. I also like this from a poetic standpoint because I like how the character is able to understand what life is really like and actually be able to say it is unlikely I will be faced with this choice again. Walking through the construction of the “Road Not Taken” it consists of 4 stanzas of five lines. The rhyme scheme is ABAAB the rhymes are strict and masculine. Strict and masculine rhymes are rhymes of final stressed syllables. Masculine rhymes are used to make you pause at the end of the line and think about what was said. An example of strict masculine rhymes would be “two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood.” Robert Frost uses a ironic tone is this poem, for example “I shall be telling this with a sigh / The speaker anticipates his own future which is an example of an ironic tone. Frost also uses different poetry terms. For example he uses an assonance in the first line. An Assonance is the repetition of a vowel sound within a line of poetry. In the first line, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.” The "o" sound is repeated in "roads" and "yellow." Frost also uses a personification. A personification is giving a human characteristics to nonhuman/nonliving things. In this line, “the path wanted wear”. A path cannot want. Only humans can want that. The poem as a whole is a metaphor. Frost is comparing the paths in life to the choices one you make. Metaphorically, the roads simply represent choices in life.
Poetry Anthology #5 3/9/2016 Daniel Schehl Still I Rise By Maya Angelou You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I’ll rise. Did you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops, Weakened by my soulful cries? Does my haughtiness offend you? Don’t you take it awful hard ‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines Diggin’ in my own backyard.
You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise. Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I’ve got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? Out of the huts of history’s shame I rise Up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise.
Commentary: I chose this poem because of the meaning the Author Maya Angelou wrote about. I love poems about segregation and black rights. I feel like those type of poems are the richest poems out there. I feel like she portrays segregation in a real passion and power which no other poets have showed me yet. This poem doesn't connect to me because I was not around during segregation, but I feel like around us today there still is segregation and racism which makes this poem still meaningful. I dislike racism and feel for all the people affected by it, that this poem feels more meaningful than others. Walking through the construction of the poem it is broken up into 8 stanzas and two main parts. The first part has 7 stanzas each with 4 short lines. There is a consistent rhyme pattern through the first 7 stanzas. The rhyme pattern is the 2nd and 4th line in each stanza rhyme. Eg, Lies, Rise// Gloom, Room// Tides, Rise… The 2nd part of the poem is constructed differently than the first. The second part has 15 lines, and uses the repetition of the words I rise 8 times throughout the poem. “I rise” is a metaphor for the heart and courage of the African American people. The poet uses different lines in the first part of the poem to make the poem sound more personal and aggressive, an example of that is when she says “Does my sassiness upset you.” The second part however the writer says “I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide” // “b Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise.”// This makes her tone sound much more scary and serious. But throughout the poem you feel the strength of someone who knows who they are and that they matter and that they will always matter and let everyone around them know they are important and proud and never going away. The main tone that the writer emphasizes throughout the poem is bold and challenging. The writer uses the tone to emphasize the point that despite the harshness and severity of African Americans situation during segregation that their spirit sha’ll never sway!
Poetry Anthology #6 5/26/26 Daniel Schehl Life Is Fine By Langston Hughes
I went down to the river,
I stood there and I hollered!
I set down on the bank.
I stood there and I cried!
I tried to think but couldn’t,
If it hadn’t abeen so high
So I jumped in and sank.
I might’ve jumped and died.
I came up once and hollered!
But it was High up there! It
I came up twice and cried!
was high!
If that water hadn’t abeen so cold
I might’ve sunk and died.
So since I’m still here livin’,
I guess I will live on.
But it was Cold in that water!
I could’ve died for love—
It was cold!
But for livin’ I was born
I took the elevator
Though you may hear me holler,
Sixteen floors above the ground.
And you may see me cry—
I thought about my baby
I’ll be dogged, sweet baby,
And thought I would jump down.
If you gonna see me die. Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!
Commentary:
Langston Hughes and Robert Frost make up most of my poems because they write about reality and what life is really about. Except they write about reality in different ways, for example Frost’s poems have a lot of temptation in them. Hughes on the other hand talks more about denying the temptation and changing his life. For example this poem is telling us how life is sacred and we should not give it up no matter how many temptations there are. I love reading Hughes's poems because I feel like I learn a new lesson from each one, I also find them quite inspirational and really life changing for myself and others. The construction of Hughes's Poem “Life Is Fine” is a monologue where the speaker narrates his own life and experience. He starts it off by being ready for suicide and wanting his life to be over but then makes the realization that life is too sacred to throw it away and he was born for a purpose. The poem is also a didactic because Hughe’s wrote this poem for a purpose and his poem has a meaningful lesson. The rhyme scheme in this poem is simple. The last word in the second line rhymes with the last word in the fourth line, therefore the scheme is recognized as ABCB. What makes the poem interesting are the three refrains where each of them are placed after every two stanzas. The exclamation marks in the refrains are used to express the speaker’s anger towards the pain as well as the struggles he is getting through when trying to commit suicide. The similarities between the first two refrains: “But it was Cold in that water! It was cold!”and “But it was High up there! It was high!” demonstrates the speaker’s fear as he almost experiences the frightening features of death. The word “but” also reveals the speaker’s effort to explain why his determination fails as death nears him. In the first two refrains a personification is used. It is not usual to see adjectives like “cold” and “high” to be written in capitals.Which means the purpose of this is to give those adjectives significant positions. Kind of like the idea of capitalizing important places. This creates an interpretation that Cold and High are in fact the two faces of the Death. Which gives those two attributes a deeper feeling of something scary. Another feature is in “Life is fine” which is a simile. The speaker’s comparison of life being “fine as wine” in the third refrain evokes the speaker’s transformation from a suicidal person who appears in the opening of the poem, to such an optimistic man at in the end.
Daniel Schehl 4/12/16 Anthology 7
A Dream Within a Dream By Edgar Allen Poe
Take this kiss upon the brow!
I stand amid the roar
And, in parting from you now,
Of a surftormented shore,
Thus much let me avow —
And I hold within my hand
You are not wrong, who deem
Grains of the golden sand —
That my days have been a
How few! yet how they creep
dream;
Through my fingers to the deep,
Yet if hope has flown away
While I weep — while I weep!
In a night, or in a day,
O God! Can I not grasp
In a vision, or in none,
Them with a tighter clasp?
Is it therefore the less gone?
O God! can I not save
All that we see or seem
One from the pitiless wave?
Is but a dream within a dream.
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?
Commentary:
After Reading “ A Dream Within A Dream” By Edgar Allen Poe I really enjoyed reading it because it was smooth and easy to read. The rhyming of the poem makes it more interesting and it also tells me when to pause and read. I felt connected to the poem because I have moved schools three times and lost many friends so this poem always reminds me of saying goodbye to people. I really enjoyed what he had to say and how he said it. Looking at some of the poetic features, personification is one of the poetic devices used in “A Dream within a Dream” by Edgar Allen Poe. Personification is a description of something nonhuman that gives it humanlike qualities. For example, “hope has flown away” in the first stanza and “pitiless wave” in the second stanza are two different examples of personification. In the first example, we have hope being described as flying away, as if hope had a choice and could leave. In the second example, waves are described as having no pity, as if they have feelings like a human and can care or not care how we feel. Looking at the construction of the poem the rhyme pattern is very irregular there is no basic pattern in the first 2 stanzas. The last two however is rhymed AABBCC for example “ Roar rhymes with shore, and then hand rhymes with sand.” There are no specific endstops the poem is very mixed up with few patterns. Just like the meaning of the poem. The poem feels very similar to his other in a way sinister. Is he leaving her to move of with his life, Or maybe to end it. Which seems to be a familiar theme to frost's poems.
Poetry Anthology #8 4/20/16 Daniel Schehl Woods on a snowing evening By: Robert Frost.
Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village, though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer 5 To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. 10 The only other sound's the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, 15 And miles to go before I sleep.
Commentary: After Reading “Woods On A Snowy Evening” By. Robert Frost, I really enjoyed the poem because it makes me recall this winter and the huge snow storm. I also like the simplicity of the poem and the way the whole poem rhymes it makes the poem much smoother and more enjoyable to read. Looking at the building blocks of the poem and how it is written, The poem consists of four almost identical constructed stanzas. Each stanza containing 4 lines ending with a endstop period, which makes you pause and think about what was written. Each line is an iambic tetrameter, with each one containing four iambic feet. Inside the four lines of each stanza, the first, second, and fourth lines rhyme. The third line does not, but it sets up the rhymes for the next stanza. Also the third line still fits the writing and makes for a smooth read. For example, in the third stanza, queer, near, and year all rhyme, but lake rhymes with shake, mistake, and flake in the following stanza. But lake still flows well with the other words in it's stanza. Not making for an awkward pause. The final stanza is an exception to this pattern, where the third line rhymes with the previous two and is repeated as the fourth line. Which makes sense and works well with ending of the poem, in which he repeats himself saying “and miles to go before I sleep.” Which makes you think about what you just read and reflect on it. The poem is written in the first person. The poet is describing his experience of a peaceful moment in the middle of a cold winter “To watch his woods fill up with snow”. It is written in a simple, informal language which gives a calm feeling to the poem “The only other sound’s the sweep / Of easy wind and downy flake”. In this quotation the poet uses soft words to convey the soft fall of snow. The simple language is also appropriate for the rural and quiet setting of a wood and a lake near a country village. But knowing Frost and the way of his writings, this poem seems simple and soft, but it's not once you unwrap the poem you understand what he is actually saying! “The woods our lovely, dark and deep,” does that not seem somewhat sinister? Barren woods on a cold night don't strike me as something enjoyable. I think Frost is trying to send us a bigger picture that is someone wanting to commit suicide because of all the hardships of life! The poem can also be seen as a message to people about how life is full of temptations but always stay strong!
Poetry Anthology #9 5/26/16 Daniel Schehl I Carry Your Heart with me By, E.E Cummings I carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart)i am never without it(anywhere I go you go,my dear;and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling) i fear No fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you Here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart I carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
Commentary: This Poem has always been close to my heart because It was my grandmothers favorite poem and she read it to my Father and his brothers and sisters. She once read it to me a few years back and so ever since I have always enjoyed reading it because it reminds me off her. E.E Cummings was a poet who famously used nonstandard English in his poetry (creative capitalization, punctuation, and spacing). This wasn't simply because he didn't know the rules of standard English, he deliberately chose to break those rules in favor of a more casual style. Breaking down the poem itself is very hard because there is no pattern most words are not capitalized there is no basic rhythm in the poem. Each stanza has a different amount of lines so there is no normal anything to this poem really. There is a personification in the poem which is “Of a tree called life” because no tree can have the name life or have anything to do with that.The point of view in this poem is first person and the tone of the poem is nonchalant. He also uses symbolism in the poem which is “is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky” This is use of symbolism.
Poetry Anthology #10 4/28/16 Daniel Schehl Fire and Ice: By Robert Frost
Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.
Commentary: After reading “Fire and Ice” by. Robert Frost multiple times I understood the deeper meaning of the poem. Which is him telling us how dangerous greed and jealousy are and how even above hatred, this could lead to our death. I agree with what Frost is trying to say about how desire for bad things could rip this world apart and which it is right in front of my eyes. One of the main points in “Fire and Ice” is the symbolism Frost uses. Symbolism is the key to this poem. Frost very explicitly makes fire a symbol for desire, and ice a symbol for hate. Rereading the poem with those points in mind makes the poem much more understandable. Walking through the construction of “Fire and Ice” The rhyme scheme of "Fire and Ice" is an ABAABCBCB style, with the words “fire” and “ice” being rhymed with themselves in the poem. The rhyme scheme works to create the necessary connections between words in the poem. Like when "desire" is being rhymed with "fire," the two words are related on a level that is deeper than what is actually stated by Frost. Which is the symbolism in this poem. Looking at the meter of "Fire and Ice" it is irregular. But It does maintain an iambic foot which means the poem consists of two syllables, the first unstressed and the second stressed throughout. The purpose of the variation in line length is to provide natural interruptions in the poem making the reader take time to pause and reread the pasts lines in order to understand the meaning of the lines.
Daniel's Poetry Anthology And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking Racing around to come up behind you again The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older Shorter of breath and one day closer to death