The Sound of the Trees - A poem by Robert Frost

Poet: Robert Frost (Robert Frost Art)
Poem: 30. The Sound of the Trees
Volume: Mountain Interval
Year: Published/Written in 1916

Comment 21 of 21, added on November 8th, 2009 at 7:20 AM.

Please note there are 5 stanzas of 4 lines, i'm not sure if it will come up in that form so please bare in mind.

Ollie Plunkett from United Kingdom

Comment 20 of 21, added on November 8th, 2009 at 7:18 AM.

In my English Lit class we're currently studying Robert Frost and as a lot of his poems have dark and depressing themes we wrote a parody of one of his poems and here's mine for The Sound of the Trees, it's called "The Sound of Bees"

I wonder about the bees.
How do they make that jovial melody ?
If there was a sound to bring me to my knees,
Then it would most definitely be these.

And the flowers, as every petal drops;
These bees join in with their orchestra.
I am transformed when my body flops,
Into an empty bottle ready to be filled.

I am now deep within the earthy grass,
Lost in my thoughts and senses.
I am not quite sure but an eternity has passed,
Wrapped up in my own mind but still not alone.

Everyone is here with me in my land,
The angels, the devils and the animals say hello.
Looking down at myself I see a boy,
Whose mind is here and there but also everywhere.

Those cotton balls drift overhead,
Pink, yellow, green and blue.
All different, all the same but for all to see,
Because life will go on for an eternity.

Ollie Plunkett from United Kingdom

Comment 19 of 21, added on May 12th, 2009 at 4:53 AM.

Frost must have a had a bad case of cabin fever when he wrote this, lol.

That and a stand of Quaking aspen (Mother-in-law's tongue) in his backyard, (which he probably knew better as Popple.)

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