Robert Frost uses consonance in “sound beside the wood” (1) and “gold at the hand” (8), as identified by the “d” sound at the end. This is used to help the rhyming, as is the case with all forms of sound devices. However, it also links the words involved together, making it more noticeable. This poem, in its entirety, is an understatement. Frost is talking about the end of the world, yet he goes about it in a casual manner. This is especially evident when he says “and would suffice” (9). He writes as if it just barely meets his expectations of an Armageddon. The understatement is used here to lessen the extent of how serious it is. A soldier is being compared to a lance by Robert Frost in, “He is that fallen lance that lies as hurled” (1), in order to show that the soldier died (“fallen”) in vain. This is strengthened when Frost mentions, “See nothing worthy to have been its mark” (5), in other words the death was unnecessary. War is regarded by many as being pointlessness, that it achieves nothing. Based on the tone of this poem, Frost is speaking out against war. …show more content…
The word “rattled” is pronounced exactly how the saw sounds like. The use of onomatopoeia gives an aggressive tone to the saw, as if it is thirsting for destruction, which it ultimately