Mowing+analysis+1

="My long scythe whispered and left the hay to make." =

I really like the way the sound of the scythe is used in this poem. The whispering of the scythe is a really effective use of sound in poetry because not only does it paint a good picture of the field where the speaker is working, but it also is used in this poem to express the speaker's thoughts. Robert Frost uses personification to give the scythe human characteristics. In his poem he tells of how the scythe whispers about the heat of the sun or the lack of sound, and it tells of loneliness of the fields. I think Robert Frost made "Mowing" more interesting by telling the story through the viewpoint of the speaker's scythe.

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