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Here is one example of a review of English literary works from one of California's famous writers, Robert Frost. One of his works of interest to the admin for review is a poem entitled Good Hours. For more details, please check the article below.
Background of the author
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| Robert Frost |
Robert
Frost is the writer of highly respected in American because of his works
describe about life in village of New Zeland and the daily expression. Frost
just producing rows poetry and poems about daily life. Though his works used as the setting from life in the village
and inspect social condition and philosophy of New Zeland early twentieth
century.
Background of the poetry
Poems
that I have chosen to be inspect is Good
Hours written by Robert Frost in 1915 and published in New York. Good Hours is the second printing of
North of Boston, a poetry collection from Mending Wall. Writing poetry
coincides after the start of World War I. When Robert Frost moved from Great
Britain to the United State. This poem wrote when Frost feels loss because his
parents was dead. He started to mental disorders about his problem, so that he
walks alone in the dark cold night. Because night is good time for rumination.
GOOD HOURS
I had for my
winter evening walk-
No one at all
with whom to talk,
But I had the
cottages in a row
Up to their
shining eyes in snow.
And I thought I
had the folk within:
I had the sound
of a violin;
I had a glimpse
through curtain laces
Of youthful
forms and youthful faces.
I had such
company outward bound.
I went till
there were no cottages found.
I turned and
repented, but coming back
I saw no window
but that was black.
Over the snow my
creaking feet
Dirturbed the
slumbering village street
Like
profanation, by your leave,
At ten o’clock
of a winter eve.
The Analysis of Good
Hours Poem
I had for my winter evening walk
No one at all with whom to talk,
A
man walks in the winter evening with him self without someone to talking. The
solitude not makes him to sad, but he enjoys with his solitude in the cold
night. The winter evening can be a very nice thing to appreciate by oneself.
But I had the cottages in a row
Up to their shining eyes in snow.
A
man comforted by a long line of cottages and snow on the ground. He likes to
see the cottages with “shining eyes”. It means that the cottages with lights
that can be seen through the windows of every cottages. In the cottages, every
family enjoy with their dinner with sound of music. So that, the men enjoy his
night.
And I thought I had the folk
within:
I had the sound of a violin;
The
man sees the cottages, every family enjoy with their dinner with sound of
violin. So that, the man try to make the house like his friend. The house with
the sound from violin can accompany the man to walk in the row so that the man
not too feels alone.
I had a glimpse through curtain
laces
Of youthful forms and youthful
faces.
When
the man pass in front of the cottages, accidentally he sees in the window there
are chlidren dancing and they looks very happy. I think that the children enjoy
the music or violin.
I had such company outward bound.
I went till there were no cottages
found.
I turned and repented, but coming
back
I saw no window but that was black.
The
man enjoys his walk and feels like he has company in every street. When the man
reaches the end of his route, he returns. But when he walks back, he starts
feeling lonely because everyone is turning their lights off and the cottages
don’t have shining eyes. In my mind,
the people in the cottages are sleep.
Over the snow my creaking feet
Dirturbed the slumbering village
street
Like profanation, by your leave,
At ten o’clock of a winter eve.
In
the last stanza, I think there are the implied meaning. In my mind, the man
feels like he is disturbing someone or somepeople and he feels he is do
something wrong. Because in the poetry, the sound of man’s step almost not
pure. The man should not make his step have a voice, because it can makes the
people wake up from their sleep.
Conclusion of The Analysis of Good Hours Poem
The
conclusions can I got from analyzing the poetry of Robert Frost Good Hours is someone who thinks that
alone is better because there is freedom to enjoy life, but he forgot that
alone is not always good. Sometimes it is because we want to own, there are
people injured because they think that they themselves are not considered.
The Intrinsic Element of Good Hours Poem
1.
Theme
Poetry
of Good Hours themed loneliness
because the man is in the poem feel lonely when the street is getting dark in
the middle of a cold night and he wants to feel the warmth and happiness as the
people do in their cottages.
2.
Imagery
This
poem describes about the man’s feeling in solitude, but he still enjoys his
life, though in the end he feels really lonely and need someone else.
3.
Diction
The
word uses in this poem is easy to understand because it uses in everyday life
and Frost choice of words is also not far from the meaning. But at the last
stanza there are a words that need to be interpreted as implying such as words
in line 15.
4.
Rhyme
The poem uses rhyme
sceheme: AABB
5.
Tones
The
tone of this poetry are romantic and melancholic. Romantic tone, when the man
is still enjoying the solitude. Melancholic tone, when the man that
togetherness is able to make people happy, he too felt sad and felt very
lonely.
The Ekstrinsic Element of Good Hours Poem
1.
Biography
Robert
Frost was born on March 26, 1874, San Francisco, California, and he died on
January 29, 1963, Boston, Massachusetts, USA at the age of 88. He was one of
the poets of America's most popular and critically respected twentieth century.
In 1912, Frost move to Britania Raya with his family before he live in Glasgow.
He later settled in Beaconsfield Luar, London.
In
the year 1885 when Frost 11 year-old, his father died because with leaving
money 8 dollars and his mother died in 1900 because cancer. Frost’s young
sister, Jeanie was insane and she inserted into mental hospital then died nine
years later. Frost's wife, Elinor also depressed. Frost blessed with six
children: Elliot (1896–1904), Lesley (1899-1983), Carol (1902-1940), Irma
(1903-1967), Marjorie (1905-1934) and Bettina (1907).
2.
Psychology
Most of Robert
Frost's poem told about the darkness. It can be related to his clamp life. He
covered a lot of sadness and loss. Both his parents died. When he married, he
and his wife must face mental rehabilitation, because their three children from
the six children died several years after birth. His strangely hobby
is take a around the city in the dark cold. For him, this is a therapy to treat
his soul is crushed. Because night is rumination for Frost.
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