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March 16, 2006
Desert Places, Minds and Forests
Frost, ''Desert Places'' (1936) -- Jerz: American Lit II (EL 267)
The speaker in this is surrounded by still desolate nature. As he observes his surroundings he cant help but think of his own personal desert places. I think that speaker might be talking about or hinting towards secrets and information that he wouldn’t share with anyone else – making it deserted like the forest. I get this from the last stanza.
“The cannot scare me with their empty spaces
Between stars – on stars where no human race is
I have it in me so much nearer home
To scare myself with my own desert places.”
The speaker has claimed that his own desert places are much more intense/scary than the lonely forest that he is presented with. The speaker must be holding in some serious issues that would make them feel this way.
Posted by KayleeNorth at March 16, 2006 12:38 AM