Part one of term paper
Clare Clifford and John Miller English 102 18 January, 2000 In poems like "The Wood Pile" Frost gives the impression that humanity is the source of order in the world. Ironically, however, for all its rage for order, humanity seems to be able to achieve such order only momentarily. The division of humanity/nature gives a false impression of ...

Part two of term paper
... does not appear to have a single definable theme. At one point, the narrator seems wholly narcissistic, and then turns to the power and beauty of nature. It is, however, in the final third of the poem where the narrator reveals his true thoughts to the reader, bringing resolution to the poem as a single entity, not merely a disharmonious collection of words. At the outset of the poem, the narrator gives a very superficial view of himself, almost seeming angered when one of the tramps int ...