Unstamped Letter
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- An Unstamped Letter in Our Rural Letterbox
- Narrative Perspective/ voice
- first-person narrator
- accentuate the epiphanous moment of a “tramp”
-
narrator’s interior monologue defines himself as
a “tramp astrologer”
- highlights society’s obsession with class and social status BUT ALSO signifies the importance of understanding and appreciating nature as an omniscient power
-
juxtaposition of “tramp”, which implies an
impoverished, lowly position in society, with “astrologer”, which has
connotations of an intelligent, important being with the ability to find
meaning and signs about our journey in life, accentuates Frost’s criticism of prejudice
- binary opposition underscores Frost’s belief of the necessity to stop judging others by possessions, but rather their ability to appreciate minimalistic details.
- first-person narrator
- Themes
- social status
- abuse of wealth/power
- death/ fate / destiny
- importance/ significance of nature
-
Frost’s significant focus on the narrator’s
progression from a position of homeless, worthlessness to one of self-value
despite the social spheres defining the world in which he lives, allows him to
create a meaningful poem, emphatic of the importance of nature and appreciating
minute details in life
- Characterisation
- we see the narrator progressing from “just a tramp” to a pauper, as he exclaims “Myself, in forma pauperis
-
Initially the narrator appears to be feel worthless
and victimised, through his paralleled position of a homeless man, but then is
portrayed to have gained a sense of self-worth as he addresses himself in the
form of a pauper and seems to realise he is of some value and does have a place
in society.
-
apparent preoccupation with social status also
links to the wider narrative, as in a world where prejudice is rife, it is
given that a homeless person may feel outcast from society
- Frost focusses on the narrator’s ability to appreciate natural events, thus criticising societal predispositions and emphasising the importance of natural beauty
- Themes
- social status
- abuse of wealth/power
- death/ fate / destiny
- importance/ significance of nature
-
Frost’s significant focus on the narrator’s
progression from a position of homeless, worthlessness to one of self-value
despite the social spheres defining the world in which he lives, allows him to
create a meaningful poem, emphatic of the importance of nature and appreciating
minute details in life
- Characterisation
- we see the narrator progressing from “just a tramp” to a pauper, as he exclaims “Myself, in forma pauperis
-
Initially the narrator appears to be feel worthless
and victimised, through his paralleled position of a homeless man, but then is
portrayed to have gained a sense of self-worth as he addresses himself in the
form of a pauper and seems to realise he is of some value and does have a place
in society.
-
apparent preoccupation with social status also
links to the wider narrative, as in a world where prejudice is rife, it is
given that a homeless person may feel outcast from society
- Frost focusses on the narrator’s ability to appreciate natural events, thus criticising societal predispositions and emphasising the importance of natural beauty
- Frost focusses on the narrator’s ability to appreciate natural events, thus criticising societal predispositions and emphasising the importance of natural beauty
-
apparent preoccupation with social status also
links to the wider narrative, as in a world where prejudice is rife, it is
given that a homeless person may feel outcast from society
- Characterisation
-
Frost’s significant focus on the narrator’s
progression from a position of homeless, worthlessness to one of self-value
despite the social spheres defining the world in which he lives, allows him to
create a meaningful poem, emphatic of the importance of nature and appreciating
minute details in life
- Themes
- Frost focusses on the narrator’s ability to appreciate natural events, thus criticising societal predispositions and emphasising the importance of natural beauty
-
apparent preoccupation with social status also
links to the wider narrative, as in a world where prejudice is rife, it is
given that a homeless person may feel outcast from society
- Characterisation
-
Frost’s significant focus on the narrator’s
progression from a position of homeless, worthlessness to one of self-value
despite the social spheres defining the world in which he lives, allows him to
create a meaningful poem, emphatic of the importance of nature and appreciating
minute details in life
- Symbols/ motifs
- Settings/ places
- Plot, journey, destination
- Moments of crisis/key events
- climax
- narrator's moment of revelation - occurs when two stars "coalesced"
-
impactful coalition of two natural creations
implies a sense of extreme beauty and leaves the narrator in awe as he perceives
the “largest firedrop ever formed”
-
hyperbolic language here evokes the thought of
warmth and comfort
- Narrative Perspective/ voice
- first-person narrator
- accentuate the epiphanous moment of a “tramp”
-
narrator’s interior monologue defines himself as
a “tramp astrologer”
- highlights society’s obsession with class and social status BUT ALSO signifies the importance of understanding and appreciating nature as an omniscient power
-
juxtaposition of “tramp”, which implies an
impoverished, lowly position in society, with “astrologer”, which has
connotations of an intelligent, important being with the ability to find
meaning and signs about our journey in life, accentuates Frost’s criticism of prejudice
- binary opposition underscores Frost’s belief of the necessity to stop judging others by possessions, but rather their ability to appreciate minimalistic details.
- first-person narrator
- implies the narrator is in a position of mental comfort and security, which opposes the previous idea presented that the narrator is surrounded by dark, hostile settings, with no secure shelter
-
The narrator emphasises their comfort in these
somewhat tranquil settings, which portrays Frost’s wish for humans to
appreciate the smaller details in life
- regular ABAB rhyme scheme further reinforces this sense of contentment as it creates an impression of rhythmic fluidity and naturalness, therefore also reminiscent of the “rural” setting depicted in the title
-
The narrator emphasises their comfort in these
somewhat tranquil settings, which portrays Frost’s wish for humans to
appreciate the smaller details in life
- Narrative Perspective/ voice
-
hyperbolic language here evokes the thought of
warmth and comfort
-
impactful coalition of two natural creations
implies a sense of extreme beauty and leaves the narrator in awe as he perceives
the “largest firedrop ever formed”
- narrator's moment of revelation - occurs when two stars "coalesced"
- climax
- Openings/beginnings
-
title creates a sense of disorientation as the
narrator appears to have no permanent home or identity through the reference to
an “unstamped letter”
-
The significance placed on letters, a human
concept and creation, contrasts with the emphasis on nature as it is placed in
a “rural letter box”
- creates a sense of setting in a somewhat isolated location but maintaining close contact with the human world
- Settings/ places
- creates a sense of setting in a somewhat isolated location but maintaining close contact with the human world
-
The significance placed on letters, a human
concept and creation, contrasts with the emphasis on nature as it is placed in
a “rural letter box”
-
title creates a sense of disorientation as the
narrator appears to have no permanent home or identity through the reference to
an “unstamped letter”
- Time
- Structure
- one long
narrative discourse
- maintains the atmosphere of human comfort with continuance and emphasises the elevated position of the members of society, at which this poem is aimed, who tend to abuse their generally self-assumed positions of superiority, leaving the lesser fortunate feeling worthless and inferior.
- regular ABAB rhyme scheme further reinforces this sense of contentment as it creates an impression of rhythmic fluidity and naturalness, therefore also reminiscent of the “rural” setting depicted in the title
- one long
narrative discourse
- Narrative Perspective/ voice
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