Robert Frost's "Provide, Provide"

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This paper explains that Robert Frost uses Biblical symbolism to reflect his own sense of moral outrage at Hollywood and its star system. The author points out that, by using a three line rhyming scheme of a-a-a for each stanza, the reader can see the almost sardonic sense of vanity he gives the listener in his harsh criticism of Hollywood. The paper relates that, in this manner, Frost uses Biblical morality to elucidate his own frustration at the shallowness and vanity of Los Angeles life.

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"This literary analysis seeks to understand the theme of corruption within the poem "Provide, Provide" by Robert Frost. The poem that Frost brings forth relates a triple line stanza critique of the corruption throughout Hollywood. Frost's poetic style observes biblical symbolism when depicting immorality within the Hollywood of his times. By providing an analysis of the poetic devices of rhyme scheme, line construct and Biblical symbolism, one can understand how Frost feels that corruption is at the heart of the "star system" in Hollywood. In the first stanza of the poem Frost uses a three-line rhyme scheme, which ends a/a/a to create simplistic and sardonic feeling about the topic of corruption."

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