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Once by the Pacific
Title: Once by the Pacific
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 603 | Pages: 2.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Once by the Pacific
Interpretations of "Once by the Pacific"
It is odd how even recent history can be an obscure and tangled mess of biased opinions and here-say. Yet the future can be vaguely foretold in a dark and simple poem.
Robert Lee Frost was no doubt a magnificent poet. As the saying goes, to be great is to be misunderstood. His varied poetry reflected his life, because he used his life as inspiration. We find Frost's spectrum ranging from simple observances to profound philosophical assumptions in his
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to this man's writing however we deem it necessary. After all, it is poetry. Many loved him, some pitied him, and others disagreed with his dark personal life. No doubt about it, though, all respected him and his elegant use of words. Maybe we should also respect his warning, "before God's last Put out the Light is spoken" (1134).
Work Cited
Frost, Robert. Once by the Pacific. The Norton Anthology Literature. Vol. 2. 5th Edition. Ed. Nina Baym et al. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1998. 1134.
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