Dickinson and Frost Poems

It seemed that both Frost and Dickinson carried on a theme through most of their poems. With Frost it seemed he wrote a lot of poems that involved nature. Dickinson seemed to write a lot about death and heaven.

I enjoyed Frost’s pome “The Road Not Taken” the best. It reminded me that we all make decision on which path to take and most of the time whichever one we choose will change our lives drastically. The rhyming scheme of this pome is the first, third and fourth lines of each stanza. The speaker of this poem seems to be a little disappointed with his choice, the reason I believe this is because he states “I shall be telling this with a sigh”. This is usually a sign of disappointment.

I also enjoyed “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Frost. I believe this poem signifies that anything that is perfect and beautiful will not always be that way. Things tarnish or decay away. Frost uses nature to depict this. Just as a beautiful day will turn dark, so do things in a person life. The rhyme scheme to this poem is in couplets. The speaker of this poem seems to have a sad tone. This poem doesn’t seem to have an audience, but the speaker seems to working out their emotions.

Out of Dickinson’s poems I liked “If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking” the best. The speaker in this poem seems to be working through their own feelings as well. It seems that as long as she does something to help someone else her life will be worth something. The rhyme scheme of this poem is lines 1 and 3 and 2 and 4 of the first stanza.

I also liked “”Hope” Is the Thing with Feathers”. The speaker is telling what they feel hope is. This poem is full of metaphors. There is rhyming words in this poem, but not all of them stand out. Rhyming words are paired every other line. Most of Dickinson’s Poems do not have a setting and this one falls into that category. Hope is characterized as a little bird. I believe this is symbolic because hope, like a bird, is without limitations. However if something bad happens the hope can be crushed quickly.

The poem “Because I could not stop for Death” also by Dickinson is an unusual one. The speaker is talking after she has died. The speaker tells about how I feel death will be. It will come when we are not ready for it, after all who waits around on death. It will also slow us down. I believe in life after I die here, and believe it will much slower and peaceful than the life I lead now. The speaker also says it was just her and death, I believe this is how many people think of death. That it will just be you on your way and you will get to see the life that still goes on in this world, and things of your past.