Once by the Pacific

Personification and Imagery in Robert Frost's "Once by the Pacific" In the sonnet "Once by the Pacific," Robert Frost describes an approaching storm with an underlying sense of gloom. At first glance Frost's poem seems to simply be describing the elements of a violent storm at sea. The poem contains literary conventions such as personification and imagery. Personification is used to transform the water into a menacing force and the imagery creates a dark and …

…was spoken. Christianity describes the end of the world as a time when God will destroy all beings and things upon the earth who did not have faith in Him. Frost's poem describes the brewing of a powerful and destructive storm and compares it to this destruction and vengeance of God's. Frost seems to be informing his readers of this message in a terrifying and convincing manner in order to describe the urgency of it. .