Out Out

Literature

Explication of “Out, Out----“

Robert Frost is a well-known poet writer. He commonly writes oems based on working Americans. Many of Frost’s poems deal with situations set in a simple setting. He creates characters that are realistic and appeal to everyday situations. Most readers may relate to Frost’s poems because he understands ordinary people. Frost’s poem “Out, Out--,” is a perfect example. In this poem, a young boy cut off his hand accidentally by a saw and dies. His workers and his family “turned to their affairs” because a tragedy occurs everyday, but life must go on. Robert Froast always has a specific meaning to his poetry.

The title itself has a significant meaning to the poem. The repetition of the word “Out” in the title may refer to getting out of a life of hardship. The boy needs to get out of his work environment and be able to be a kid and have fun. The first six lines of the poem describe the setting. Frost does an excellent job in allowing the readers to have a vivid image of the setting. He allows the readers to picture themselves in a setting where there are mountain ranges and the “sweet-secnted” breeze. Frost ets up a beautiful scenery suggesting that nature is beautiful and peaceful. In the first line he sets up the thee of the poem by describing the saw. The line 22, “The buzz-saw snarled and rattled in the yard,” indicates that the saw is alive and the saw having characteristics of an animal.

Frost changes the scenery to evil. Frost again describes the saw, “And the saw snarled and rattled, snarled and rattled,” portraying that the saw is alive. Frost uses repetition to show the importance of the saw. The word choice “snarled and rattled” is a good description of the saw because it illustrates that the saw symbolizes a being. By using repetition it allows the readers to know that the saw is significant to the poem and indeed the readers should pay attention to the saw. In the eighth line, “As it ran...