Sample Poems by Robert Frost
The Rose Family
The roses is a rose,
And was always a rose.
But the theory now goes
That the apple’s a rose,
And the pear is, and so’s
The plum, I suppose.
The dear only knows
What will next prove a rose?
You of course, are a rose-
But were always a rose.
The Rose Family by Robert Frost symbolizes that everything and everyone
belongs to some sort of family. The poem says that the rose will always be a
rose. The apple, pear, plum, and all of us are represented as a rose in the
poem too. As the poem states near the end that we, of course are, and always
were roses. The roses symbolize families and relationship. Normally: when
you see a rose it is in a cluster with many more. This means it belongs to a
certain family, at which we can never escape from. Some are different
colors, and some are shaped different. The colors symbolize the races, and
the height, the height of the person. Each person has different
personalities, such as each rose has different types of petals, and thorns;
these of which give personalities to the rose. Families are the most
important things in our lives, and we would never be the game without them.
The Lockless Door – Robert Frost
It went many years,
But at last came a knock,
And I thought of the door
With no lock to lock.
I blew out the light,
I tip-toed the floor,
And raised both hands
In prayer to the door.
But the knock came again
My window was wide;
I climbed on the sill
And descended outside.
Back over the sill
I bade a “Come in”
To whatever the knock
At the door may have been
So at a knock
I emptied my cage
To hide in the world
And alter with
age.
The Lockless
Door
by Robert Frost tells the story of a man, who
runs away from his conscience. The poem starts out with a knock at a door with
no lock. Not long after the second knock, he climbs out of the window, being
afraid of whatever is knocking. The poem shows that the man runs away
when Frost says, “So at a knock/ I emptied my cage/ to hide in the world/
and alter with age”. The poem is all about a man hiding from what his
conscience brings him. It is almost that he fears what it might bring him
to. The poem states he is hiding in the world, and will alter with age. This
means that he is never going to overcome it and he will be hiding for the
rest of his life. The lockless door represents how close he is to overcoming
his conscience and facing what it deals, but with each knock the farther
away he tries to get from it. The only thing is wherever he goes his
conscience will always follow.