Poem #3: Into My Own
One of my wishes is that those dark trees,
So old and firm they scarcely show the breeze,
Were not, as 'twere, the merest mask of gloom,
But stretched away unto the edge of doom.
I should not be withheld but that some day
Into their vastness I should steal away,
Fearless of ever finding open land,
Or highway where the slow wheel pours the sand.
I do not see why I should e'er turn back,
Or those should not set forth upon my track
To overtake me, who should miss me here
And long to know if still I held them dear.
They would not find me changed from him the knew--
Only more sure of all I though was true.
Literary Devices:
There are many metaphors in this poem. The first one is comparing the dark trees to this person's future. These trees look scary/mysterious to the reader because of line #2 ("So old and firm they scarcely show breeze."). The author also uses imagery in this poem, trying to build the scene with the dark trees in the viewer's head. Another metaphor in line #7 (Fearless of ever finding open land.") compares a sailor being adventurous and looking for new land knowing the dangers, to a person in the woods who is eager to enter them, This metaphor along with line #9 ("I do not see why I should e'er turn back.") captivates the reader on how much courage the reader has to enter the woods.
Analysis:
This poem does have a deeper meaning than just someone walking through the dark woods. This poem expresses an independent person, or someone who has not yet discovered what they are going to do with their life. I am inferring that the person in this poem is a student that has finished college/university and doesn't know where they want to head with their life. In this poem, they use a metaphor to compare the dark trees to the dark and mysterious future of the student. But the student is courageous as seen in line #4-6 because he doesn't see a reason on why he should turn back, and is also "Fearless of ever finding open land.". In line #7-9, it seems as if the person is talking about his family and says that people should not go on his rack to overtake him, but follow him. He also talked about hoq his family would miss him, and would want to know if he still cared about them too. In the last two lines, you can see that he is confident that he will not change as a person from what he was before. Frost ended the poem saying "Only more sure of all I though was true.". This means the person is convinced that this will all come true, and he will be in full independence.
So old and firm they scarcely show the breeze,
Were not, as 'twere, the merest mask of gloom,
But stretched away unto the edge of doom.
I should not be withheld but that some day
Into their vastness I should steal away,
Fearless of ever finding open land,
Or highway where the slow wheel pours the sand.
I do not see why I should e'er turn back,
Or those should not set forth upon my track
To overtake me, who should miss me here
And long to know if still I held them dear.
They would not find me changed from him the knew--
Only more sure of all I though was true.
Literary Devices:
There are many metaphors in this poem. The first one is comparing the dark trees to this person's future. These trees look scary/mysterious to the reader because of line #2 ("So old and firm they scarcely show breeze."). The author also uses imagery in this poem, trying to build the scene with the dark trees in the viewer's head. Another metaphor in line #7 (Fearless of ever finding open land.") compares a sailor being adventurous and looking for new land knowing the dangers, to a person in the woods who is eager to enter them, This metaphor along with line #9 ("I do not see why I should e'er turn back.") captivates the reader on how much courage the reader has to enter the woods.
Analysis:
This poem does have a deeper meaning than just someone walking through the dark woods. This poem expresses an independent person, or someone who has not yet discovered what they are going to do with their life. I am inferring that the person in this poem is a student that has finished college/university and doesn't know where they want to head with their life. In this poem, they use a metaphor to compare the dark trees to the dark and mysterious future of the student. But the student is courageous as seen in line #4-6 because he doesn't see a reason on why he should turn back, and is also "Fearless of ever finding open land.". In line #7-9, it seems as if the person is talking about his family and says that people should not go on his rack to overtake him, but follow him. He also talked about hoq his family would miss him, and would want to know if he still cared about them too. In the last two lines, you can see that he is confident that he will not change as a person from what he was before. Frost ended the poem saying "Only more sure of all I though was true.". This means the person is convinced that this will all come true, and he will be in full independence.