Weather 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. In the poem above, "Desert Places" written by Robert Frost has weather used by describing snow. Robert Frost mentions how snow feels so still on the ground and what happens when snow falls. The poem is greatly enhanced by the poet's knowledge of weather because it is describing many of the aspects of snow. It gives a clear message of what is trying to be indicated. Without weather being mentioned, the poem would be exceedingly different. The reader would have no clue of what the author is trying to say in his poem. Most of the poem is about snow, and removing the mention of snow would take all the meaning out. Many literary devices are used throughout the poem. Descriptive details such as "a blanker whiteness of benighted snow" are applied. Some of the verses have rhymes within them, for example, theirs and lairs in the second verse. Not only that, imagery is used in the entire poem like," And the ground almost covered smooth in snow." This poem does not further my knowledge about weather. I already know much about snow and how it looks and how it is formed.