Part of The Student Room Group

  • Join over 1.2 million students every month
  • Accelerate your learning by 29%
  • Unlimited access from just £6.99 per month

The Rose Family- Poetry Analysis

Extracts from this document...

Introduction

The Rose Family By Robert Frost Analysis by Emily DeJarnett The Rose Family by Robert Frost has many different meanings. Robert Frost was well known for his examination of very complex philosophical and social themes in his writings, which is very visible in this poem as well. This poem can be perceived through three main levels: the literal meaning, the rhetorical meaning, and the poetic level. In literal terms, Frost states that the apple, pear, and plum are also representations of a rose. Near the end, he also states that we are, and have always been, roses. His literal message is that while all types of roses, even apples, pears, and plums, look different, they are all beautiful and belong to a similar family. ...read more.

Middle

Frost never elaborates on who he is referring to. His uses of the word "so's" to continue the rhyming pattern adds a little humor to the poem. On the more rhetorical level, the rose symbolizes the ultimate historical symbol of beauty. The reader also begins to understand that the speaker is talking to his beloved when he states that "you, of course, are a rose but were always a rose". Frost is trying to make the point that in a world filled with such diversity, each individual, while so different, is beautiful in his own way. Frost also points out that while the worlds definition of beauty can change, true beauty is in the "eye of the beholder", as the old saying goes. ...read more.

Conclusion

The title, The Rose Family, immediately gives you the image of a family where each thing is related and similar to each other. The descriptions of the fruits and flowers give the reader a lovely and picturesque image in their mind. The rose is also a very obvious symbol of timeless beauty, one that is prevalent and important to understand. Throughout this poem, the reader gets to experience the beauty in being unique. Frost's main theme throughout this poem is that even though the definition of beauty may change, it is in the eye of the beholder where true beauty is found. In conclusion, Frost uses each of the three levels to help the reader understand that there is no way to generalize the definition of beauty. It can change over time with trends and fads, but each person will discover their own explanation of true beauty through love. ...read more.

The above preview is unformatted text

This student written piece of work is one of many that can be found in our International Baccalaureate Languages section.

Found what you're looking for?

  • Start learning 29% faster today
  • 150,000+ documents available
  • Just £6.99 a month

or


Not the one? Search for your essay title...
  • Join over 1.2 million students every month
  • Accelerate your learning by 29%
  • Unlimited access from just £6.99 per month

See related essaysSee related essays

Related International Baccalaureate Languages essays

  1. Sailing to Byzantium Poetry Analysis

    To our speaker, artificiality is not merely a simple aesthetic escape, but a spiritual outlet which he imagines would allow his soul to break free from its decaying prison to "clap its hands and sing". This obsession with the artificial manifests itself in his desire to leave some permanent form, some sort of lasting monument in this transient, ephemeral world.

  2. Thing of Beauty Analysis

    "You may go, Sister. (Pause) Oh Sister? (Pause) I shall go on searching." Everybody is finally relieved that the Colonel lets Sister Benedicta go at the end of the play. Both Sister Benedicta and the Colonel are very strong characters and strongly support their point of view.

  1. An analysis of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

    It is at that moment of enlightenment that an urge for reading, expanding his horizon, pulls at him even harder11. Even at this phase in his development, realising how shallow the society is and that he has no meaning of life; he still covers the truth with denial, by exploring his guilt and self-consciousness by thinking to himself; "Guilt?

  2. To Autumn Analysis

    Alongside this visual imagery, Keats' uses lots of sexual imagery in the first stanza while autumn is still young and 'fruitful'. Words such as 'conspiring', 'bosom', ripeness to the core', 'sweet' and 'plump' all have sexual connotations and evoke a mischievous nature of the youthful seasons of spring and summer.

  1. Comments on Emily Dickinson Poems

    So although it highlights the girls innocence; it also creates a strong contrast between what is actually happening and the image used to "sugar-coat" it. [r12]Appeals to the sense of sight. [r13]The man is taking his time to get to her as she cannot stand to be too overwhelmed by too much heaven at once.

  2. Owen's war poetry

    It bears the connotation both of the death of soldiers and their guilt of shedding the lives of other human beings. The blood either "come gargling from the froth-corrupted lung" (Dulce et Decorum est) or even gets "clogged their chariot wheels" (Strange Meeting).

  1. A Biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Life and Family

    Slide 21 His dismissal from the job however, turned into a blessing rather than a sad event. Upon his dismissal from the position, Nathaniel devoted himself fully and completely to his most famous and successful novel, The Scarlet letter. He had zealously worked on the novel with a determination that

  2. Vietnamese Poetry and Language

    cho�i v�i nh��ng va�n ta�i nh� Chu Va�n An, Tr��ng Ha�n Sie�u, Ho� Quy� Ly, Nguye�n Thuye�n, Tra�n Nguye�n �a�n, Nguye�n Phi Khanh, Pha�m Ngu� La�o... Do�ng va�n ho�c �o� tie�p no�i theo gio�ng l�ch s�� v�i nh��ng danh nha�n te�n tuo�i nh� Ly� Th��ng Kie�t, Nguye�n Tra�i, Nguye�n Co�ng

  • Over 160,000 pieces
    of student written work
  • Annotated by
    experienced teachers
  • Ideas and feedback to
    improve your own work