Rober Frost and Roo Borson

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This paper examines how Frost's "Neither Out Far Nor In Deep" and Borson's "Waterfront" are poems that paint portraits of man in a light that encourages us to think of our own place in the world. The paper discusses how it is through the eyes of the poet that we can see a detached version of man that needs to be addressed and that each poet wishes to speak against apathy and encourage living our lives with open eyes that can see and appreciate the world around us. In addition, the paper looks at how in both poems this is accomplished through imagery, syntax, diction, figurative language, and content.

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"Both poems reflect upon the apathy of man. In "Neither Out Far Nor In Deep" brings our focus to a lack of human care through nature. The poet tells us that those at the beach "All turn and look one way/the turn their back on the land." (Frost 2-3). The imagery we have with these lines are that the individuals are locked in a gaze as they look out into nowhere. They look at the ocean and find very little else worth looking at. These people seems almost to be hypnotized as they look out and the "water comes ashore" (11). They are trapped because "They cannot look out far./They cannot look in deep." (13-4). We can see this kind of empathy as a lack of hope for anything better because the truth is out there, but they are at a loss as where to look for it. As a result, they continue to look out to the water. This picture of humanity is bleak considering that the people cannot find a satisfactory place in life. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Borson, Roo. "Waterfront." 20th-century Poetry and Poetics. 5th ed. Geddes, Garry, Ed. Oxford University Press. 1996. p. 763.
• Frost, Robert. "Neither Out Far Nor In Deep." 20th-century Poetry and Poetics. 5th ed. Geddes, Garry, Ed. Oxford University Press. 1996. p. 55.

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