Poetry Essay Compare Contrast Williams vs. Frost

Jesus Peralta English 102 - Honors Professor M. Essay #1 Poetry Compare Contrast Due: February 20, 2011 Life Must Go On William Carlos Williams and Robert Frost are known as two of the greatest poets of their time and still highly regarded as two of the best poets of all time. Robert Frost was born in 1874 in San Francisco, California according to The Associated Press. William Carlos Williams was born in 1883 in Rutherford, New Jersey, according to the poetryfoundation.org. Both men died just two months apart in 1963. Williams is the author of the poem â€Å"Spring and All† and Frost is the author of â€Å"Dust of Snow†. These two poems†¦show more content†¦Then, Williams finds a way to change the depressing mood of his poem by using specific words to convey feelings of hope. He does this in his fourth stanza with the lines: â€Å"Lifeless in appearance, sluggish/dazed spring approaches† (L14-15). Williams is saying that the plants, the trees, and the vines only appear to be dead, but they are not. Once again imagery is being used here. Also, what is going to save this otherwise seemingly desolate land is the approaching spring; â€Å"sluggish† and â€Å"dazed† as it may be, it is imminent – life is forthcoming. Williams also proffers up more hope with the lines: â€Å"One by one objects are defined/rooted, they/grip down and begin to awaken† (L22,26-27). Here, Williams uses the words â€Å"defined†, â€Å"rooted†, and â€Å"awaken† to let the reader know that life is no longer just a hope; it is real and it is here. â€Å"Dust of Snow† is similar to â€Å"Spring and All† in the way it too begins and ends with the same tones of â€Å"Spring and All†. In â€Å"Dust of Snow†, Frost imparts a sense of death and hopelessness immediately, especially because of the shortness of his poem. Frost begins with: â€Å"The way a crow/Shook down on me/The dust of sn ow/From a hemlock tree† (L1-4). Here, we find Frost pointing towards death with his use of diction. The â€Å"crow† has been known to symbolize death, with all its blackness and eerie sense of being. Then, there is the Hemlock tree. Frost specifically uses the word â€Å"Hemlock†Show MoreRelatedRomanticism versus Neoclassicism2775 Words   |  12 Pagesthe liberation and egalitarian ideals of the French Revolution, the romantic movement had in common only a revolt against the rules of classicism. There are obviously a lot of distinctions between these two movements and here I am going to compare and contrast these two movements in English literature by considering the principles and writers and works of writers which exhibit these differences in both periods. Neoclassicism was an artistic and intellectual movement, beginning in the mid-17th centuryRead MoreLanguage of Advertising20371 Words   |  82 PagesAdvertising text in sociolinguistic coverage. Often the creators of advertisings apply to the use of idioms, quotations, images of famous personalities, such as:  « For I ne`er saw true beauty Till this night ». William Sharespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act I, Scene 5. Laura Ashley Shopping online will be available from the 1-st November: www. Appeal to the literary, cultural and historical traditions is a very  «powerful weapon(instrument) »Read MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesUniversity, Sacramento xxx Richard Blackburn, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill Weldon Blake, Bethune-Cookman College Carl Blencke, University of Central Florida Michael Bochenek, Elmhurst College Alicia Boisnier, State University of New York William H. Bommer, Cleveland State University Bryan Bonner, University of Utah Jessica Bradley, Clemson University Dr. Jerry Bream, Empire State College/ Niagara Frontier Center Jim Breaugh, University of Missouri Peggy Brewer, Eastern Kentucky UniversityRead MoreLogical Reasoning189930 Words   |  760 Pages.............................................................................. 299 CHAPTER 10 Deductive Reasoning .......................................................................................... 312 x Implying with Certainty vs. with Probability ................................................................................ 312 Distinguishing Deduction from Induction ..................................................................................... 319 Review of Major