Pea Brush By Adrian Marquez And Roberto Gonzalez

Pea Brush By: Adrian Marquez And Roberto Gonzalez

Background Fist appeared as Pea Sticks. It was published in a book called “The Bouquet” typed by Frost’s children. It then later appeared in Mountain Interval in 1916

Criticism Look over the criticism.

Interpretations Our We thought that the poem talked about the process of growing up and the responsibilities of being an adult. Criticism Dennis Vail saw the poem with connections to “An Encounter”. His interpretation of the poem was that out of every mistaken action we must always create something good.

Criticism Nancy Tuten says that the meaning of the poem is the inevitability of natural growth. We exploit nature and feel in control but in the end nature has the last saying and does what it pleases.

Literary Techniques (Our Interpretation) Line 17 -Symbolism- The dead trees used for the garden symbolize the role of a parent and the changes in life of a parent. Line 8 -Figurative Language- Frost intention in this line is about giving birth. Lines 15 -16 -Diction- the words in these lines give a sense of concern for the trillium and taking action to help the trilliums. Peas turning into Trillium is a symbolism of free will. Line 8 – symbolism- Stumps symbolize mothers while they give life to a human being naturally and they are the base of support and life.

Literary Techniques(Criticism) Line 7 -Imagery- it appeals to the smell and it also makes us think of the strong smelly odor of something decaying(dead). Line 8 -Personification- Frost personifies the trees to have blood, because of the negative connation of blood, to depict a scene with more destruction rather then just thinking its chopping wood. Line 19 -Simile- compares the growing of the peas on the birches the same as the cat’s cradle strings(a children game) in order to give a sense if right doing or innocence.

STRUCTURE Robert Frost uses the ABAB rhyme scheme in his poem but it does not follow through completely: the third to last line and the last line are the only lines in the poem to not be consistent with the rhyme scheme. There is an even amount of stanzas and an even amount of lines in the stanzas, and it remains consistent through out the poem. Frost’s intention was to portraying the Peas to have a common structure the same way the poem those.

Sources Tuten, Nancy L. , and John Zubizarreta. The Robert Frost Encyclopedia. Wesport: Greenwood, 2001. Questiaschool. com. Greenwood Press. Web. 17 Nov. 2013. Vail, Dennis. Robert Frost's Imagery and the Poetic Consciousness. Lubbock: Texas Tech UP, 76. Questiaschool. com. Web. 17 Nov. 2013. Wilcox, Earl J. , and Jonathan N. Barron. Roads Not Taken: Rereading Robert Frost. Columbia: University of Missouri, 2000. Questiaschool. com. Web. 17 Nov. 2013.