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Drama Worthy Poem 'Out, Out' By Robert Frost
Robert Frost is known for drama worthy poem because something dramatic always happens in his poems. Out, Out by Robert Frost is poem that spoke to me because it was interesting how he could put different elements together to produce such an amazing yet spine chilling poem. By just reading the title, various thoughts will begin to cross your mind like: Is someone being put out? or Is someone trying to escape? The setting of the poem seems to be appear as a boy is out in his backyard cutting wood with a saw. The poem continues as the boy is still cutting wood and the boy is startled as he hears his sister yell out “Supper.” The boy was so excited that he forgot to turn off the saw and ended up cutting off his hand off by accident. The quote
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