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Comment 2 of 2, added on July 5th, 2008 at 10:23 AM.
I teach the term ehrfurcht in my classes using Frost's poem. His poem
relates a sense of awe and respect for the wonders of nature and man's
misguided sense of being more powerful, which leads to arrogance and abuse
of nature. Frost mourns his fellow humans who miss such basic everyday
miracles that he needs to witness again and again. The witches and wizards
of paganism seem to conjure more respectful understandings than any modern
mythologies of science or religion. Our modern world has immunized us
against wonder. We should all look to the artists and the poets for
reminders of what their souls felt so deeply that they had to wrestle them
into sounds, images and words.
Robert Bahruth from United States
Comment 1 of 2, added on February 19th, 2006 at 5:31 PM.
i feel that the lizards represent society, and its dependence in times past
upon the sun and daylight to go about their lives. as the moon rose in the
sky, people would go home to bed, and wait for the new day.
Amy from Australia
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I teach the term ehrfurcht in my classes using Frost's poem. His poem
relates a sense of awe and respect for the wonders of nature and man's
misguided sense of being more powerful, which leads to arrogance and abuse
of nature. Frost mourns his fellow humans who miss such basic everyday
miracles that he needs to witness again and again. The witches and wizards
of paganism seem to conjure more respectful understandings than any modern
mythologies of science or religion. Our modern world has immunized us
against wonder. We should all look to the artists and the poets for
reminders of what their souls felt so deeply that they had to wrestle them
into sounds, images and words.
Robert Bahruth from United States