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Discoveries are undeniably formative for those who experience them, the true nature of the human experience concentrate both physical and mental developments and revelations significant and remarkably memorable, allowing to continual relationship and character. Different individuals are often confronted with unique and unexpected experiences that may lead to uncovering something that has been hidden or misplaced. The poems ‘tuft of flowers and ‘Mending wall’ Robert Frost explores the notion of encountering with significant discoveries that transform frost as he interacts with a powerful epiphany if his life and his familiarities. A similar poem of Gwen Harwood’s ‘Glass Jar ‘explores the journey of a child that is faced with confronting and …show more content…

The deceptively simple poem, The Tuft of flowers effectively uses nature to create an image that allows individuals to effectively shape their previous mental thoughts concerning life. The persona recognises the prior existence of another individual in the third stanza, “I looked for him behind an isle of trees; I listened for his whetstone on the breeze.” The evidential failure to locate another person inserts the grim idea of solitude, isolation and loneliness within the persona’s thought process. This is mutually reinforced by the persona’s interpretation of the situation “But he had gone his way, the grass all mown”, that every person must leave once they have completed the task that they are assigned to complete, creating an environment full of dismay and solitude for the next individual that is in the endless cycle. However, the tide begins to turn as “A leaping tongue of bloom the scythe had spared”, indicating that the persona comes to a realisation that the mower had allowed the beautiful piece of nature to stand out within the levelled scene. The beauty of the tuft of flowers takes a toll on the thought process of the persona as they begin to uncover that the mower has a distinct appreciation for nature. Nature has allowed the persona to discover a connection between themselves when they “…feel a spirit kindred to my own”. This newfound idea allows the persona to sympathise with the mower, creating an understanding and appreciation of nature, leading to a sense of companionship. The persona’s initial sense of loneliness and pessimism is replaced with optimism that lightens his mood and gives him a renewed enthusiasm for life. This is clearly portrayed in the comparison of “And I must be, as he had been, —alone” and “’Men

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