Robert Frost paper
Yuman Bilal
Ms. Shenika Glenn
Freshmen Language Arts
16 March 2013
Robert Frost
Robert Frost was a very famous poet. He left an imprint in this world by creating mind blowing poems that let readers experience deep emotions through words.
Robert Frost usually focuses his poems on a person’s everyday experiences, but he also adds many metaphors that relate to his everyday experiences, weather, seasons and nature in general. In many of Frost’s poems he expresses his emotions by using symbolism, for example in the poem “After Apple-Picking” the apple in the poem symbolizes harvest and in the poem “Mending Wall”, the wall symbolizes many of the barriers people build in order to shelter their emotions from other people.
Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California. When Frost twelve years old his father passed away, this lead him to leave San Francisco and moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts with his mother and sister. In Lawrence, Frost and his family moved in with his grandparents. He attended Lawrence High School, where he met his wife, Elinor White. They graduated together both becoming co-valedictorian in 1892. Two years after he graduated he he wrote his first poem “My Butterfly: an Elegy” While he was married to Elinor, Frost and Elinor faced many complications in their life. Two of his children possessed mental illnesses and shortly in 1900 there oldest child, Elliot passed because of cholera, Elinor, their younger child passed because complications from birth a couple of weeks after. In my opinion, because of these complications that Frost faced throughout his life could’ve influenced the way he wrote his poems. As mentioned earlier about the poem “Mending Wall”, the wall symbolized the barriers that people build in order to protect their emotions from other people. This poem could be referring to all the emotions that Frost kept locked away when going through this hard time.
In 1961 Frost was honored to write and recite a poem for President John F. Kennedy’s inauguration. Since his sight was really bad and he was really old he was not able to read in the sunlight so he decided to read his own poem, “The Gift Outright”, that he had memorized by heart.
On January 29, 1963, frost died from complications in prostate surgery. From Robert Frost’s first poem to his last poem he left a great imprint of his life for the generation today. He was many of the few Great American Poems. From his poem “My Butterfly: An Elegy” to his very last poem all of Frost’s poems had a familiar feel to them because his style of writing was about everyday experiences and nature.
Works Cited
"Robert Frost Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2013.
"Robert Frost." : The Poetry Foundation. Web. 16 Mar. 2013. <http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/robert-frost>.
Dickstein, Morris. "CAREER, LIFE, AND INFLUENCE: On Robert Frost." Critical Insights: Robert Frost (2010): 3-11. Literary Reference Center. Web. 16 Mar. 2013.
https://ehis.ebscohost.com/eds/detail?vid=2&sid=e70d78d8-86a0-4022-8891-26e9e119d308%40sessionmgr13&hid=2&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d#db=lfh&AN=48267687
"Figurative Language." ROBERT FROST. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2013.
Music:
What Hurts the Most
By The Rascal Flatts
I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house
That don't bother me
I can take a few tears now and then and just let ?em out
I'm not afraid to cry every once in a while even though
Goin' on with you gone still upsets me
There are days every now and again I pretend I'm okay
But that's not what gets me
What hurts the most
Was being so close
And havin' so much to say
And watchin' you walk away
And never knowin'
What could've been
And not seein' that lovin' you
Is what I was tryin' to do
It's hard to deal with the pain of losin' you everywhere I go
But I'm doin' it
It's hard to force that smile when I see our old friends and I'm alone
Still harder gettin' up, gettin' dressed, livin' with this regret
[. From: http://www.elyrics.net .]
But I know if I could do it over
I would trade, give away all the words that I saved in my heart
That I left unspoken
What hurts the most
Is being so close
And havin' so much to say
(Much to say)
And watchin' you walk away
And never knowin'
What could've been
And not seein' that lovin' you
Is what I was tryin' to do, oh
Oh yeah
What hurts the most
Was being so close
And havin' so much to say
(To say)
And watchin' you walk away
And never knowin'
What could've been
And not seein' that lovin' you
Is what I was tryin' to do
Not seein' that lovin' you
That's what I was trying to do, ooo
Lyrics from <a href="http://www.elyrics.net">eLyrics.net</a>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGzKCTDGxbU
Forever and Always
By Parachute
Verse 1:
She's sitting at the table, the hours get later
He was supposed to be here
She's sure he would have called
She waits a little longer, there's no one in the driveway
No one's said they seen him
Why, is something wrong?
She looks back to the window
Suddenly the phone rings
A voice says somethings happened
That she should come right now
Her mind goes to December
She thinks of when he asked her
He bent down on his knees first
And he said
Chorus:
I, I want you forever, forever and always
Through the good and the bad and the ugly
We'll grow old together
Forever and always
Verse 2:
She pulls up to the entrance
She walks right to the front desk
They lead her down a million halls a maze that's never ending
They talk about what happened but she can barely hear them
She tries to keep a straight face as she walks into the room
She sits by his bedside, holds his hand too tight
They talk about the kids they're gonna have and the good life
The house on the hillside, where they would stay
[From: http://www.elyrics.net]
Chorus:
Stay, there forever, forever and always
Through the good and the bad and the ugly
We'll grow old together, and always remember
Whether rich or for poor or for better
We'll still love each other, forever and always
Bridge:
Then she gets and idea and calls in the nurses
Brings up the chaplain and he says a couple versus
She borrows some rings from the couple next door
Everybody's laughing as the tears fall on the floor
She looks into his eyes, and she says
Chorus:
I, I want you forever, forever and always
Through the good and the bad and the ugly
We'll grow old together, and always remember
Whether happy or sad or whatever
We'll still love each other, forever and always
Forever and always, forever and always
She finishes the vows but his beeps are getting so low
His voice is almost too low
As he says, I love you forever, forever and always
Please just remember even if I'm not there
I'll always love you, forever and always
Lyrics from <a href="http://www.elyrics.net">eLyrics.net</a>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7W0xJ5YqSM
I Won't Give Up
By Jason Mraz
[Jason Mraz]
When I look into your eyes
It's like watching the night sky
Or a beautiful sunrise
Well there's so much they hold
And just like them old stars
I see that you've come so far
To be right where you are
How old is your soul?
I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up
And when you're needing your space
To do some navigating
I'll be here patiently waiting
To see what you find
'Cause even the stars they burn
Some even fall to the earth
We've got a lot to learn
God knows we're worth it
No, I won't give up
I don't wanna be someone who walks away so easily
I'm here to stay and make the difference that I can make
Our differences they do a lot to teach us how to use the tools and gifts
We got yeah we got a lot at stake
And in the end,
You're still my friend at least we didn't tend
For us to work we didn't break, we didn't burn
We had to learn, how to bend without the world caving in
I had to learn what I got, and what I'm not
And who I am
I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up
I'm still looking up
I won't give up on us
God knows I'm tough, he knows
We got a lot to learn
God knows we're worth it
I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1-4u9W-bns
Ms. Shenika Glenn
Freshmen Language Arts
16 March 2013
Robert Frost
Robert Frost was a very famous poet. He left an imprint in this world by creating mind blowing poems that let readers experience deep emotions through words.
Robert Frost usually focuses his poems on a person’s everyday experiences, but he also adds many metaphors that relate to his everyday experiences, weather, seasons and nature in general. In many of Frost’s poems he expresses his emotions by using symbolism, for example in the poem “After Apple-Picking” the apple in the poem symbolizes harvest and in the poem “Mending Wall”, the wall symbolizes many of the barriers people build in order to shelter their emotions from other people.
Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California. When Frost twelve years old his father passed away, this lead him to leave San Francisco and moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts with his mother and sister. In Lawrence, Frost and his family moved in with his grandparents. He attended Lawrence High School, where he met his wife, Elinor White. They graduated together both becoming co-valedictorian in 1892. Two years after he graduated he he wrote his first poem “My Butterfly: an Elegy” While he was married to Elinor, Frost and Elinor faced many complications in their life. Two of his children possessed mental illnesses and shortly in 1900 there oldest child, Elliot passed because of cholera, Elinor, their younger child passed because complications from birth a couple of weeks after. In my opinion, because of these complications that Frost faced throughout his life could’ve influenced the way he wrote his poems. As mentioned earlier about the poem “Mending Wall”, the wall symbolized the barriers that people build in order to protect their emotions from other people. This poem could be referring to all the emotions that Frost kept locked away when going through this hard time.
In 1961 Frost was honored to write and recite a poem for President John F. Kennedy’s inauguration. Since his sight was really bad and he was really old he was not able to read in the sunlight so he decided to read his own poem, “The Gift Outright”, that he had memorized by heart.
On January 29, 1963, frost died from complications in prostate surgery. From Robert Frost’s first poem to his last poem he left a great imprint of his life for the generation today. He was many of the few Great American Poems. From his poem “My Butterfly: An Elegy” to his very last poem all of Frost’s poems had a familiar feel to them because his style of writing was about everyday experiences and nature.
Works Cited
"Robert Frost Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2013.
"Robert Frost." : The Poetry Foundation. Web. 16 Mar. 2013. <http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/robert-frost>.
Dickstein, Morris. "CAREER, LIFE, AND INFLUENCE: On Robert Frost." Critical Insights: Robert Frost (2010): 3-11. Literary Reference Center. Web. 16 Mar. 2013.
https://ehis.ebscohost.com/eds/detail?vid=2&sid=e70d78d8-86a0-4022-8891-26e9e119d308%40sessionmgr13&hid=2&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d#db=lfh&AN=48267687
"Figurative Language." ROBERT FROST. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2013.
Music:
What Hurts the Most
By The Rascal Flatts
I can take the rain on the roof of this empty house
That don't bother me
I can take a few tears now and then and just let ?em out
I'm not afraid to cry every once in a while even though
Goin' on with you gone still upsets me
There are days every now and again I pretend I'm okay
But that's not what gets me
What hurts the most
Was being so close
And havin' so much to say
And watchin' you walk away
And never knowin'
What could've been
And not seein' that lovin' you
Is what I was tryin' to do
It's hard to deal with the pain of losin' you everywhere I go
But I'm doin' it
It's hard to force that smile when I see our old friends and I'm alone
Still harder gettin' up, gettin' dressed, livin' with this regret
[. From: http://www.elyrics.net .]
But I know if I could do it over
I would trade, give away all the words that I saved in my heart
That I left unspoken
What hurts the most
Is being so close
And havin' so much to say
(Much to say)
And watchin' you walk away
And never knowin'
What could've been
And not seein' that lovin' you
Is what I was tryin' to do, oh
Oh yeah
What hurts the most
Was being so close
And havin' so much to say
(To say)
And watchin' you walk away
And never knowin'
What could've been
And not seein' that lovin' you
Is what I was tryin' to do
Not seein' that lovin' you
That's what I was trying to do, ooo
Lyrics from <a href="http://www.elyrics.net">eLyrics.net</a>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGzKCTDGxbU
Forever and Always
By Parachute
Verse 1:
She's sitting at the table, the hours get later
He was supposed to be here
She's sure he would have called
She waits a little longer, there's no one in the driveway
No one's said they seen him
Why, is something wrong?
She looks back to the window
Suddenly the phone rings
A voice says somethings happened
That she should come right now
Her mind goes to December
She thinks of when he asked her
He bent down on his knees first
And he said
Chorus:
I, I want you forever, forever and always
Through the good and the bad and the ugly
We'll grow old together
Forever and always
Verse 2:
She pulls up to the entrance
She walks right to the front desk
They lead her down a million halls a maze that's never ending
They talk about what happened but she can barely hear them
She tries to keep a straight face as she walks into the room
She sits by his bedside, holds his hand too tight
They talk about the kids they're gonna have and the good life
The house on the hillside, where they would stay
[From: http://www.elyrics.net]
Chorus:
Stay, there forever, forever and always
Through the good and the bad and the ugly
We'll grow old together, and always remember
Whether rich or for poor or for better
We'll still love each other, forever and always
Bridge:
Then she gets and idea and calls in the nurses
Brings up the chaplain and he says a couple versus
She borrows some rings from the couple next door
Everybody's laughing as the tears fall on the floor
She looks into his eyes, and she says
Chorus:
I, I want you forever, forever and always
Through the good and the bad and the ugly
We'll grow old together, and always remember
Whether happy or sad or whatever
We'll still love each other, forever and always
Forever and always, forever and always
She finishes the vows but his beeps are getting so low
His voice is almost too low
As he says, I love you forever, forever and always
Please just remember even if I'm not there
I'll always love you, forever and always
Lyrics from <a href="http://www.elyrics.net">eLyrics.net</a>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7W0xJ5YqSM
I Won't Give Up
By Jason Mraz
[Jason Mraz]
When I look into your eyes
It's like watching the night sky
Or a beautiful sunrise
Well there's so much they hold
And just like them old stars
I see that you've come so far
To be right where you are
How old is your soul?
I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up
And when you're needing your space
To do some navigating
I'll be here patiently waiting
To see what you find
'Cause even the stars they burn
Some even fall to the earth
We've got a lot to learn
God knows we're worth it
No, I won't give up
I don't wanna be someone who walks away so easily
I'm here to stay and make the difference that I can make
Our differences they do a lot to teach us how to use the tools and gifts
We got yeah we got a lot at stake
And in the end,
You're still my friend at least we didn't tend
For us to work we didn't break, we didn't burn
We had to learn, how to bend without the world caving in
I had to learn what I got, and what I'm not
And who I am
I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up
I'm still looking up
I won't give up on us
God knows I'm tough, he knows
We got a lot to learn
God knows we're worth it
I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1-4u9W-bns