Poem #3: Stars

THE POEM: Stars

How countlessly they congregate

O'er our tumultuous snow,

Which flows in shapes as tall as trees

When wintry winds do blow.
 

As if with keenness for our fate,

Our faltering few steps on

To white rest, and a place of rest

Invisible at dawn,

And yet with neither love nor hate,

Those stars like some snow-white

Minerva;s snow-white marble eyes

Without the gift of sigh.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874 and died on January 29, 1963. Robert Frost was and still is one of the most popular poets that left us numbers of beautifully written poetry. He was famously known for his accurate and vivid description that caused an imagery. Later during his life, he died because he developed complications from his prostate surgery.

PERSONAL RESPONSE

     In the first stanza of the poem, it talks about how there are countless numbers of stars that take over the sky, which is above the snow covered ground. It says that the stars are above the snow that becomes as big as trees when it is blown by wind. In the second stanza, it talks about how our ability to notice things is supposed to be sharp and keen. In the third stanza, it talks about how the stars are neither full of love nor hate.

     My text to text connection would be the fact that Robert Frost has written numerous poems about how the nature acts around us. His poems are unique and very beautiful. My text to world connection would be that most people in this world think that star is a beautiful thing. There is no place on Earth that does not have star above their head. If there are too much pollution, they would not be able to see it, but the stars are always there, just watching us. Snow is something that is used as a simile in this poem. All around the world, there is a season where it is colder than other seasons. When it becomes that season, in most places, it tends to snow. If they are living in a very tropical place, of course, it would not rain.

      My text to self connection would be how I think that star is a big part of beauty. The stars are like the symbol for something sparkly and pretty. I loved star shaped things more than any other shapes when I was young. Also, I loved snow, too. I lived in Korea, so I always saw snow every winter. The white, crisp snow always made me feel as if I was one of the princesses in fairy tales. 

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TITLE

When I read the title "Star", it makes me think of all the pretty shaped jewelry and other things. I think the poem will be about how the star would be pretty since it is always above us.

PARAPHRASE

The stars surround us above us,

Covering over the snow,

And those snow becomes very big

If the wintry winds blow

Our keen sense

Cause the marks on the 

White and clean snow,

That is invisible at dawn.

Without love nor hate,

The star that are like snow,

Snow that is very white,

Is with no gift nor sigh.

CONNOTATION

1. Speaker: anyone who is bitter about it

2. Imagery: Sight(white as snow), Touch(none), Smell(none), Hear(none), Taste(none)

3. Repetition: none

4. Rhyme Scheme: ABCB ABCB ABCB

5. Figure of Speech: continual metaphor of star and snow.

ATTITUDE

The speaker seems to be very bitter and depressed. The speaker sounds as if he or she as a big problem that the speaker is too tired of.

SHIFT

First quatrain (lines 1-4) : seems to be a little bit depressed

Second quatrain (lines 5-8) : little bit bitter 

Third quatrain (lines 9-12) : seems to be disappointed, sad, bitter, and depressed

TITLE

Now that I look at it again, I think that the stars are supposed to be symbolism for all the things that happened to the speaker that the speaker could not control/

THEME

*Nothing lasts forever, just like how stars disappear at dawn.
*Just because you cannot see it, do not think that it is not there.
*All of our nature is a gift from God.
*Nature is something that cannot be altered.
*Stars are like grief because they continually come and go.

APA-6 REFERENCE

Frost, R. (1963). Stars. Website. Retrieved from http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/stars-2/