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In "Out, Out—," Robert Frost explores the theme of loss in a number of ways. Firstly, he uses the title of the poem to suggest that life is very fragile and that it is easily lost. To do this,...
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The buzz saw in Robert Frost's "Out--Out--" symbolizes the mindless power of machinery that, when out of the control of man, can destroy human life. Published in 1916 when Britain was already...
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In Frost's poem, "Out, Out--," there is an underlying tension between machine and human. One interpretation of Frost's poem "Out, Out--" considers the year in which it was written, a time when boys...
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To begin answering your question, it is important to first recognize the difference between the mood and the tone of a piece of writing. Tone refers to the author's opinion on the subject whereas...
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The title of the poem is a reference or an allusion to the play Macbeth. Upon learning of his wife's death, Macbeth talks about how fleeting and meaningless life is: Out, out brief candle,...
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Life goes on. The boy made a fatal mistake and Frost says "No more to build on there" meaning the boy is now useless to his family. He can't be taught anything else and so those who are left must...
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As with much of his work, Robert Frost sets his poem "Out, Out—" somewhere in rural New England. In lines four and five Frost indicates that the boy is working in Vermont with five mountain...
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Interestingly, "snarl" and "rattle" are both etymological equivalents. "Snarl" comes from the German word for "rattle." Both words are onomatopoeic, meaning that the words imitate the sound they...
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Robert Frost's poem "Out, Out--" is a simple and sad story of a young boy who cuts off his hand in a work accident and ultimately bleeds to death. The poem is not only a comment on the brevity of...
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In this narrative poem by Robert Frost, a boy is using a chain saw to cut up firewood in the back yard. The boy's sister comes and stands next to him and says, "Supper." At this, the boy must have...
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The poem recounts a day when the men and boys are working in the yard cutting firewood with a buzz saw. The setting is in Vermont, where five mountain ranges can be seen in the background. It is...
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Robert Frost's poem "Out, Out--" is the story of a young boy "Doing a man's work, though a child at heart--" (l. 24); the boy is using a saw to cut wood. Frost creates a sense of foreboding from...
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This poem is a narrative poem because it tells a story. Narrative poetry can also contain a plot, refer to different characters, and even involve dialogues. The characters in this poem are the boy,...
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Robert Frost's poem, "Out, Out—" is a poem written in blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter) in which an unidentified third-person narrator describes a farm accident resulting in the death of a...
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I have answered each of your questions below, and for your convenience I have included the questions in order. The allusion in the title of this poem is an allusion to Macbeth by William...
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"Out, out" is a moderately complex poem based on a true life event. In 1915, a neighbors' son's hand was severed by a buzz saw. There are several themes at work in this thirty-nine line poem. The...
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The sense of horror starts with the setting of the poem. Frost carefully establishes the scenic and peaceful surroundings in which the action of the poem takes place. Amidst the aroma of the...
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The time of day is ironic because it is dinner time and the end of work, but also the end of the boy’s life. Irony refers to something unexpected happening. It means that there is a double...
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The allusion to Macbeth refers to obsession with blood and guilt. An allusion is a reference to history or another literary work. Allusions to Shakespeare are common, as Shakespeare had a great...
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The language Frost uses in his poems is always carefully chosen to convey the feeling or meaning he wants to create. Certainly, the words he uses to talk about the saw, from the very beginning of...
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The poem “Out, Out—“ by Robert Frost was based on an actual incident in Frost’s life. In April 1915, a neighbor and friend of the Frost family lost his hand to a buzz saw, and he bled so...
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A literary device is a device used in writing to convey some kind of imaginative effect. Even the title uses the literary device of repetition in order to engage the reader. Line one greets us...
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I think that Frost creates a real sense of tragedy in the family's reaction to the death of the boy. The child's death is tragic, but it is not tragedy in that it is more of a chance, sad chance,...
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"Out, Out-" is the story of a Vermont tragedy. A boy is using a chain saw to cut fire wood for the family. The narrator of the poem is concerned about this, as it appears to be a "big boy doing a...
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"Out, Out--" by Robert Frost, a great American poet, is representative of his poems that use many figurative language elements to achieve its effect. Based on a real event from Frost's life, the...
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The commas and periods throughout "Out, Out - " are indications of slight pauses or the end of a sentence, as in most written literature. The colon in the ninth line ("nothing happened: day was all...
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For a definition and discussion of caesura, see the link below. Your question has been answered in an earlier post. See the second link below. Finally, the third link will take you to a summary of...
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Robert Frost's grisly poem "Out, Out" tells the story of a young boy cutting fire wood who gets his hand caught in the saw, nearly severing it. He startles when his sister calls out for supper...
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The "end" of the day is a symbol. Any time the end of a day or the end of a season (especially winter) is invoked in poetry, there is the possibility that it symbolizes death. It isn't always the...
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This is one of my favorite poems by Frost. The poem's story, though graphic and tragic, makes use of so many types of figurative language that it serves as one of the great imagery poems. I...
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The poem "Out, Out - " starts with a description of the scene, the coming to an end of a normal day in a beautiful, mountainous area of Vermont. The scenery is breathtaking, with "five mountain...
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Frost is using a very unemotional and detached tone of voice in describing the tragic event recorded in "Out, Out." There is no personal involvement or connection between the voice telling the...
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The literary technique Frost is using in line 27, and at other points through the poem, is called "hard caesuras," which is an abrupt interruption in the flow of the language of the poem. The...
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Blank verse is a special type of non-rhyming poem. The poem is written in iambic pentameter. Iambic pentameter describes the way Shakespeare wrote, so you are probably familiar with the rhythm....
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Although there is some figurative and very descriptive language in the poem, most of it is very simple. The simple language is appropriate for the simple farm setting, and also creates a contrast...
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Metaphor is a comparison of two different things. When you compare something to a human, that is a type of metaphor called personification. Poets use metaphor to evoke a mental image. In this...
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You may need to start by determining what you want or need to include in your paper. The specific points you plan to make may shape your introduction. You could focus on the life cut short by the...
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This is true, but you can get a lot of the information you need just by asking specific questions. Since you have asked a question, you know that it is free to do so. You can ask questions in Q...
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The boy being described in "Out, Out" is doing a man's work - using the buzz-saw to cut wood for the fire. The saw is helping with this hard work because it is powerful and strong, capable of...
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Literally, references to sunset and time are significant to the plot because it affects when the boy will cut his hand off with the saw and die. Symbolically, these references to time foreshadow...
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Frost uses several techniques to ensure that the saw appears sinister and threatening in "'Out, Out--.'" First, "snarled and rattled," the sounds made by the saw, are repeated; they suggest a...
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“Out,Out—“ by Robert Frost is based on a real event. When he was a teenager, Frost’s neighbor friend had his hand cut off in an accident. This became the basis for this narrative poem....
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The poem “Out, Out—“ by Robert Frost was based on an actual farm accident that killed a neighbor boy when Frost was a boy himself. The title of the poem is found in the Shakespearean play...
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The poem “Out, Out—“ by Robert Frost was based on an actual event. The Frost family’s young neighbor boy lost his hand while using a saw and lost so much blood that his heart stopped....
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Robert Frost wrote the poem “Out, Out---“ based on an event that he remembered from growing up. A neighbor boy had been killed in a farm accident. The title of the poem alludes to a quotation...
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There is the symbolic nature of the title 'Out, Out -', in that it is taken from the Shakespeare play Macbeth. An answer to a previous question on the poem summarises the effect that Frost was...
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Most obviously, Frost's poem "Out, out-" employs techniques to make the buzz saw appear alive. Onomatopoetic words such as "snarled" and "rattled" allow the reader to hear the noises of this beast...
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In Robert Frost's poem, "Out, out—", there are a number of literary devices employed. Paradox is seen with the following line which describes the boy doing a man's job. One might be confused that...