Extra Credit!!

Desert Places
by: Robert Frost

Snow falling and night falling fast, oh, fast
In a field I looked into going past,
And the ground almost covered smooth in snow,
But a few weeds and stubble showing last.

The woods around it have it--it is theirs.
All animals are smothered in their lairs.
I am too absent-spirited to count;
The loneliness includes me unawares.

And lonely as it is that loneliness
Will be more lonely ere it will be less--
A blanker whiteness of benighted snow
With no expression, nothing to express.

They cannot scare me with their empty spaces
Between stars--on stars where no human race is.
I have it in me so much nearer home
To scare myself with my own desert places.

This wonderful poem called “Desert Places” by Robert Frost uses weather by describing snow in the first verse. He talks about how snow falls so fast at night and covers everything in sight. Robert Frost’s knowledge of snow really enhances the poem because it describes how it covers everything and if he didn’t know anything about snow the poem wouldn’t have been that excellent. This poem wouldn’t have been as amazing as it is now if Robert Frost didn’t talk about snow because this entire poem talks about how the snow covers everything. If Robert Frost didn’t talk about snow in his poem the no one would be able to understand what he is trying to say. In this poem some literary devices used are personification and imagery. Personification is used when Robert Frost says “night falling fast” because night is a non-living thing and it is given a human characteristic. Imagery is used in this poem when Robert Frost mentions “the ground almost covered smooth in snow” because you can imagine that in your mind. This poem however does not expand my knowledge of snow because it describes snow and I already know a lot about it.