Going For Water
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- Going for Water
- In the poem ‘Going for water’ by Robert Frost, several themes run ranging from nature, childhood, and imagination to expectations versus reality. This poem thus contains several motifs for reflection with profound sagacity.
- When considering the theme of childhood, the characters are assumed as children since the story in the poem is similar to the one in the nursery rhyme “jack and jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water”.
- This journey is adventurous as the two children undertake this mission of finding the brook at night. They do not appear scared at first because they hint at knowing and owning the woods. ‘because the fields were ours, and by the brook our woods were there’.
- A child’s imagination is seen in the lines ‘like gnomes that hid us from the moon’. This simile adds to the fairytale quality to the journey they take at night. Gnomes being imaginary creatures suggest that there is an element of something unreal in the journey they undertake in search of the brook.
- The love and caring the two children has for each other is depicted by the line “each laid on other a staying hand” which suggests that they think alike with their protective instincts.
- This thought is continued in the line ‘and in the hush we joined to make’ which are childish actions.
- The love and caring the two children has for each other is depicted by the line “each laid on other a staying hand” which suggests that they think alike with their protective instincts.
- A child’s imagination is seen in the lines ‘like gnomes that hid us from the moon’. This simile adds to the fairytale quality to the journey they take at night. Gnomes being imaginary creatures suggest that there is an element of something unreal in the journey they undertake in search of the brook.
- This journey is adventurous as the two children undertake this mission of finding the brook at night. They do not appear scared at first because they hint at knowing and owning the woods. ‘because the fields were ours, and by the brook our woods were there’.
- When considering the theme of childhood, the characters are assumed as children since the story in the poem is similar to the one in the nursery rhyme “jack and jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water”.
- The theme of nature is prominent here where the reader realizes that the setting of the poem is a night filled with moonlight in a wood. “But once within the wood, we paused like Gnomes that hid us from the moon’’
- The mystical aspects of the night is highlighted with the musical quality of the last verse “ A note as from a single place, a slender tinkling fall that made” and the beauty that emanates from the brook once found, when the moonlight falls on it and transforms it to “a silver blade”.
- Seasonal change is also an important motif in the poem as the reader sees the transition from autumn to winter. In such a case, the atmosphere becomes mysterious as the climate is chill, the trees are barren with the leaves fallen and the moon casts a sinister gleam on the brook.
- The journey of the two characters of the poem which starts off adventurous and happy takes a turn in noticing this scary, yet enticing environment.
- When examining the title of the poem ‘Going for water’, several thoughts occur. It could either be an adventurous journey, or a search for something that wasn’t there.
- They go looking for a brook, but are in doubt of its existence. ‘To seek the brook if still it ran’. This also happened on a cold autumn night. Normally on autumn the leaves fall due to the wind, but this night there was no breeze and the leaves were already fallen leaving the trees looking barren.
- This image is not a positive one and it creates a melancholic feeling. Although they set off with the hope of finding the brook and for once they thought they heard it, when they finally reach it, the brook has transformed to ‘a silver blade’ which could also suggest that it was frozen.
- The expectation of filling the can and pail turned into disappointment on seeing the frozen brook. However, the reader might not know whether this is true as the situation could also be entirely imaginary, as in the children’s imagination
- just like the gnomes that are imagery creatures which in reality is something that does not exist. Similarly the brook could be non-existent. Here there is also certain juxtaposition in the images associated with pearls and silver blade.
- A pearl is symbolic of innocence, purity and in some cases tears, and a silver blade with violence. This could symbolize their disappointment as quite shocking for the outcome received for quite a daring journey undertook at night.
- a child’s imagination is so far-fetched that it could take them to new heights of associating their feelings and the ability to let the mind wander freely.
- The power of imagination can be so strong that it can provide children with hope and also disappointment when the things they imagine aren’t real.
- Therefore, this poetic delivery demonstrates different realms of a child’s mind through the different themes and the profound insight associated with them.
- The power of imagination can be so strong that it can provide children with hope and also disappointment when the things they imagine aren’t real.
- a child’s imagination is so far-fetched that it could take them to new heights of associating their feelings and the ability to let the mind wander freely.
- A pearl is symbolic of innocence, purity and in some cases tears, and a silver blade with violence. This could symbolize their disappointment as quite shocking for the outcome received for quite a daring journey undertook at night.
- just like the gnomes that are imagery creatures which in reality is something that does not exist. Similarly the brook could be non-existent. Here there is also certain juxtaposition in the images associated with pearls and silver blade.
- The expectation of filling the can and pail turned into disappointment on seeing the frozen brook. However, the reader might not know whether this is true as the situation could also be entirely imaginary, as in the children’s imagination
- This image is not a positive one and it creates a melancholic feeling. Although they set off with the hope of finding the brook and for once they thought they heard it, when they finally reach it, the brook has transformed to ‘a silver blade’ which could also suggest that it was frozen.
- They go looking for a brook, but are in doubt of its existence. ‘To seek the brook if still it ran’. This also happened on a cold autumn night. Normally on autumn the leaves fall due to the wind, but this night there was no breeze and the leaves were already fallen leaving the trees looking barren.
- When examining the title of the poem ‘Going for water’, several thoughts occur. It could either be an adventurous journey, or a search for something that wasn’t there.
- The journey of the two characters of the poem which starts off adventurous and happy takes a turn in noticing this scary, yet enticing environment.
- Seasonal change is also an important motif in the poem as the reader sees the transition from autumn to winter. In such a case, the atmosphere becomes mysterious as the climate is chill, the trees are barren with the leaves fallen and the moon casts a sinister gleam on the brook.
- The mystical aspects of the night is highlighted with the musical quality of the last verse “ A note as from a single place, a slender tinkling fall that made” and the beauty that emanates from the brook once found, when the moonlight falls on it and transforms it to “a silver blade”.
- In the poem ‘Going for water’ by Robert Frost, several themes run ranging from nature, childhood, and imagination to expectations versus reality. This poem thus contains several motifs for reflection with profound sagacity.
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