Figurative Language
Figurative language us "figures of speech" - a way of saying something other than the literal meaning of the words. For example, "All the world's a stage" Frost often referred to them simply as "figures." Frost said, "Every poem I write is figurative in two ns. It will have figures in it, of cour; but it's also a figure in itlf - a figure for something, and it's made so that you can get more than one figure out of it." Cook Voices p235
Metaphor A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two things esntially unalike. To Frost, metaphor is really what poetry is all about. He is notably a poet of metaphors more than anything el. This is so important, we should hear directly from the poet. Frost said," Poetry begins in trivial metaphors, pretty metaphors, 'grace metaphors,' and goes on to the profoundest thinking that we have. Poetry provides the one permissible way of saying one thing and meaning another. People say, 'Why don't you say what you mean?' We never do that, do we, being all of us too much poets. We like to talk in parables and in hints and in indirections - whether from diffidence or from some other instinct". ... Excerpt from an essay entitled "Education by Poetry" by Robert Frost.
Examples:
The Silken Tent. A woman is admired for her strength and beauty, like a silken tent. Note the strength of the silk and cedar.
Putting in the Seed. The planting of ed in the garden, in springtime is like making love.
Devotion. The passive but ever-changing shore and the persistent energetic ocean are like a devoted couple. 安徽高考改革
To Earthward. The stages of love are like stepping stones to death. 词语意思
All Revelation. A view of a geode crystal is like the mind probing the univer.
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Simile A figure of speech in which a comparison is expresd by the specific u of a word or phra such as: like, as, than, ems or Frost's favorite "as if,"
Examples:
Mending Wall: like an old-stone savage armed
郁可唯的歌Stars: like some snow-white/ Minerva's snow-white marble eyes
Going for Water: We ran as if to meet the moon ---- we paud / like gnomes
Birches: Like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair
Hyla Brook: Like ghost of sleigh bells
Symbol A thing (could be an object, person, situation or action) which stands for something el more abstract. For example our flag is the symbol of our country. The u of symbols in Frost's poetry is less obvious. Frost was not known as a Symbolist. Actually, the Symbolists were a late 19th century movement reacting against realism. Frost rebelled against this movement and preferred to u metaphors. There are certain
signature images that become symbols when we look at Frost's complete work. Flowers, stars, dark woods and spring (the water kind) are consistent symbols in Frost's poetry and should be noted here. As with many other poetic devices, Frost had his own way of keeping the rule and breaking the rule.
Frost said, "If my poetry has to have a name, I'd prefer to call it Emblemism," not "Symbolism," which is all too likely to clog up and kill a poem." Burnshaw p283 放弃英文
Examples:
The Road Not Taken: the forked road reprents choices in life. The road in this poem is a text book example of a symbol.
Ro Pogonias: Early in Frost's poetry, flowers become a symbol for the beloved, his wife Elinor.
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening: even though there is no one overt symbol in the poem, the entire journey can reprent life's journey. "Dark woods" also become a powerful recurring symbol in Frost.
The Pasture and Directive. Spring (as in water spring) is very meaningful in Frost's poetry. Spring reprents origin or source, almost in a Proustian n. Other variations include "brook" Hyla Brook and West-Running Brook. Water often deals with an emotional state.
Come In: "But no, I was out for stars." The star is one of the chief symbolic images in Frost's poetry.
Personification A type of metaphor in which distinct human qualities, e.g., honesty, emotion, volition, etc., are attributed to an animal, object or idea.
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Examples:
My November Guest: the guest is Sorrow, personified as a woman dearly loved who walks with him.
Mowing: the scythe whispers
Range-Finding: the spider sullenly withdraws
Tree at my Window: the tree watches him sleep; it has tongues talking aloud
Storm Fear: the wind works and whispers, the cold creeps, the whole storm is personified (Table)
Apostrophe 【修辞学】顿呼法〔叙述中忽然对不在场的第三者所发出的直接呼语；或对无生命物发出呼唤A figure of speech in which someone abnt or dead OR something nonhuman is addresd as if it were alive and prent.
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Examples:
Take Something Like a Star: the poem begins, "O Star," He address the star throughout the poem.
