Gathering Leaves Comments

Fantastic poem with free flow

this poem is about gathering leaves and what he does italso talks about the tools like spades

Robert Frost describes the process of gathering leaves as a part of the harvest which gives him no gratification. The poem takes us through the time consuming process of gathering leaves. At the end of the poem, the speaker is left with nothing but a shed full of dull, weightless leaves

The story is about agriculture.

yall need to learn how to type and spell

i hate poemas! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

utter bore of a poem

nice work, the works are put together in good way and good structure, awesome poet

this poem is very well put together and it flows well

Thisy really doesn't meet my needs.

One of his more obscure works. I see a pattern in Frost's work of commenting on things that happen in the world, usually outdoors, and drawing symbolic meaning from them. So I think he really did gather up the leaves, but got a sense of futility in doing so. 'Next to nothing for use' isn't quite the same as 'Absolutely useless' would be. It's possible he was trying to stop them blowing away by putting them in a shed. They can be used as a mulch, for fertiliser. He was a farmer in early life. As to the symbolic meaning, it's possible this was a sort of make-work activity, to get himself out the house and give him something to do. 'Running away' is significant. He may have felt it symbolised his overall effort in life in some way. The leaves 'elude my embrace'.

wow a very smart man..an enchanting write.. :)

I always thought the leaves eluded to his work- poetry. Till I fill the whole shed, And what have I then?

Dead leaves make an unusual and original harvest. The third verse suggests the poet's sense of closeness to the leaves which somehow elude him -they are too insubstantial! But the last stanza hints at something more positive and tangible -nature's unending harvest, whatever form it takes.