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Post #3
Robert Frost’s poem “Desert Places”
was published in 1936. The poem follows the rhyme scheme of ‘aaba’ over four stanzas
for a total of sixteen lines. This poem explores the concepts of loneliness. “Desert
Places” is a poem about a man who can no longer find the words within himself
to write a poem. He is lost and empty, and as he looks out over the snow
covered field, he is reassured that even he has nothing left to say. The
speaker reflects on his own desert place and what makes him lonely, but deep
down I’m not sure he even knows the answer.
In the beginning of the poem the narrator
is looking out at the snow covered field but he sees nothing but loneliness,
only a few weeds and stubble. He uses the word lonely throughout the poem. It’s
clear when he looks out into the field he is reminded that he has nothing to
express and nothing to feel. He is blank. In stanza three, lines 11 and 12 he
states,” A blanker whiteness of benighted snow/ with no expression, nothing to
express. In stanza four he uses the words ‘they’, however, they cannot be the
antecedent of the poem. This is important because it connects to the poems
central theme of the author’s inability to write a poem. This exemplifies the
poems emptiness or absence.
I was drawn to this poem because
everyone feels lonely at times, and everyone has to find themselves. For him it
is a little different because he is a famous poet, and he has to write to make
a living. Even though he is a famous poet he is still a regular human being who won't have anything to say. He won't write the most beautiful poem every time the pen touches the paper. I wonder what was bothering him so much in his life that he felt so empty. I wonder if he ever dug deep within
himself and figured out what his desert place was.
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