Darkness and Night

Both Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost practice session elements such as point of view, imagery, and structure to portray the significance of dark and night in their poems. Although the poems take issue in many ways they shargon a common theme of loneliness. They also use wickedness as a symbol of their feelings. In the two poems We Grow Accustomed to the apparition and Acquainted with the Night the authors use figurative language, sentence fluency and rhythms, and their word choice to shine their similar views on the phantasm of night mean life experiences everyone has to face throughout life.Emily Dickinson uses the structure to create elements of imagery, and describe an obstacle that everyone has to face. Dickinson uses dashes to contain pauses and makes it difficult to read to symbolize her difficult life. The dashes make the readers minds pause and understand what they are reading line by line. The dashes are used to effectively and deliberately make the reader reflect on the darkness. She also uses the dashes to create mental pictures. For moral, she states When not a Moon disclose a sign- Or Star- come out- within- which creates the image of total darkness because of the lack of a moon and the stars.Dickinson writes her poem in prime(prenominal) person so the average person can relate to her feelings. She understands the darkness to be something natural. Basically she uses the darkness to symbolize something everyone goes through. In her poem darkness describes the loss of a loved one. Unlike Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost doesnt use dashes. Instead he emphasizes his complete isolation by using the first- person term I at the beginning of the first five lines of the poem. He uses the anaphora I have to show he has become Acquainted with the night through different experiences.Throughout the poem the narrator is walking symbolizing persistence. This becomes a extended metaphor. Its a long lonely walk at night that doesnt seem to be easy, but he continues although he is unhappy. I have stood still and stopped the sounds of feet is an example of an alliteration he uses to create the sound of feet with the st sound. He continues to portray the narrator as a grim and lonely. In conclusion, Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost use the darkness to symbolize life experiences.