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Comment 9 of 9, added on February 27th, 2008 at 2:59 AM.
Jim, you're really lame. That's sad that you have nothing better to do put
post a worthless comment on a website that might actually help someone.
Pat, you're so right! Jim, shut UP! This poem isn't about nothing, no
poems are about nothing. This poem is REALLY about the cycle of life and
of the hard times that people go through throughout their life. Just the
fact that Frost mentions society in the poem proves that he is implying a
hidden meaning. Gosh, don't be a retard, Jim.
Cara from United States
Comment 8 of 9, added on May 18th, 2007 at 1:39 AM.
In my humble opinion, this is a logical way to interpret the poem:
The same leaves over and over again! – Birth of new babies
They fall from giving shade above – They leave their mother
To make one texture of faded brown
And fit the earth like a leather glove. – They are all the same to fit
society
Before the leaves can mount again
To fill the trees with another shade, - Before they can recover from that
change to make new babies
They must go down past things coming up. – Love
They must go down into the dark decayed. – Various problems
They must be pierced by flowers and put – Heartbreak
Beneath the feet of dancing flowers. – Rebirth (recovery)
However it is in some other world
I know that this is way in ours. – This proves that Frost wrote about our
society and not trees or animals
Gee from Canada
Comment 7 of 9, added on March 4th, 2006 at 11:42 AM.
Hey jim! Shut up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This poem is about more than
nothing!!!!!!!!!!! I'm 11 and I understand it!!!!!!!!!! It's about the
cycle and trials of Earth representing human
cruelty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!
pat from United States
Comment 6 of 9, added on November 30th, 2005 at 7:36 AM.
My name is Jim and this poem is about nothing.
Jim from United States
Comment 5 of 9, added on June 27th, 2005 at 3:18 AM.
In Hardwood Groves by Robert Frost is a poem about the cycle of life on
Earth, and the trials and tribulations human beings have to go through. The
poems literal or surface meaning is a story of the life cycle of a tree,
with the leaves falling and new leaves taking their place. This, I believe
is actually a large metaphor for the human life cycle, with humans being
born, growing up, then dieing, as new babies take their place. Frost uses
repetition heavily in this poem, as well as a common rhyming pattern to
signify the repetition of human life.
“Over and over” is the first sign of repetition in this poem and is
significant of the many children being born a day. “They fall from the
giving shade above” is signifying the children leaving the mother’s womb,
leaving her protection and entering the world as a defenseless baby. The
connotations of the colour brown are dirt, mud, poor people and other
negative thoughts. This represents the corruption and downfall of modern
human society. The first stanza in general is discussing new life being
born into a disasterous world.
The second stanza then starts bringing the issue of sadness and conflict,
which is inevitable during human life. “Before the leaves can mount again”,
or before our human life can end, Frost tells us we “must” face life’s
challenges, including “[going] down past things coming up”, (jealousy),
“[going] down into the dark decayed”, (sadness or depression) and “[being]
pierced by flowers (heartbreak). Frost finishes the poem in first person
point of view, switching from third person to show the change from the
matphorical cycle of the tree to the realism last line, “I know that this
is way in ours”, to confirm he is talking about humans and not trees.
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Alex from Australia
Comment 4 of 9, added on April 3rd, 2005 at 8:25 PM.
This poem's theme is basically about human cruelity. The leaves fall on
the ground from protecting the ground from the sun and is ignored because
of the insignifance of a leave from a tree. The leaves provided protection
and then are trampled on until they grow old. This poem is realism.
Sarah from Australia
Comment 3 of 9, added on December 16th, 2004 at 7:48 PM.
Yes, while this poem is about the cyclical movement of the natural world,
it is also about the recycling power of the natural world and life. The
leaves of the tree, which fall to the ground and lay around the base,
eventually decay and become nutrients that supply the roots. The tree will
then use the nutrients to produce new leaves in the spring, so in essence,
the leaves are the same again and again. Now, let us compare that with the
leaves of life. We discard old ideas, worries, and problems every year that
have been part of our very existence. Not only do we discard excess
baggage, but we allow it to lie at our feet as a reminder of our triumphs
and also our mistakes. Just as Frost's "Hardwood Groves" uses its old parts
to nourish continuing life, we too recycle our "old leaves" to nurture our
own lives.
Ken from United States
Comment 2 of 9, added on November 2nd, 2004 at 7:57 PM.
This poem is very short for you people that like to have short and easy
poems to work with. The poem is about the cycle of life a tree takes place.
That is how we americans live our daily like.
Jeremy from United States
Comment 1 of 9, added on October 5th, 2004 at 5:12 AM.
This poem is about the cyclical movement of the natural world as been
paralleled to Frost's own existence.'The same leaves over and over
again!'is an extneded metaphor for the trial and tribulations that we as
human beings must undergo ('...down past things coming up...into the dark
decayed.') before we too can be 'born again' as the 'dancing flowers' of
the cycle. Frost aknowledges that this cycle is the way of life on earth,
and 'However it is in some other world...this is the way in ours.'. As far
as the title of the poem is concerned, without reading too much into the
literal placing of the poem, on a metaphorical level the fact that this is
'hardwood' is indicative of the cycle being a somewhat hard but natural
event.
Kathryn from United States
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Jim, you're really lame. That's sad that you have nothing better to do put
post a worthless comment on a website that might actually help someone.
Pat, you're so right! Jim, shut UP! This poem isn't about nothing, no
poems are about nothing. This poem is REALLY about the cycle of life and
of the hard times that people go through throughout their life. Just the
fact that Frost mentions society in the poem proves that he is implying a
hidden meaning. Gosh, don't be a retard, Jim.
Cara from United States