Images and Imagery in Robert Frosts Wind and Window Flower Essay

Imagery in Robert Frosts Wind and Window Flower After reading this poem by Robert Frost, I was left with many different ideas about this work. I believe one could take this poem in a literal sense to really be about a window flush and the wind. I also believe, however, that this poem perhaps has a bit of a deeper meaning. Looking first at the poem in a literal sense, the story is told of a lonely window blossom out that is sitting on a window sill, and the image is that the flower is looking out the window. It is cold outside, and the frost on the window has melted just enough for the flower to see out. In line 7 of the poem, the flower is compared to a caged yellow bird, to give the reader a sense that the flower feels trapped, perhaps wishing to be outside. Line 9 of the poem goes on to burble of how he marked her through the pane. He refers to the wind, and how the flower could feel him through the pane. The use of pane is also interesting here and make me think about the pain that the flower felt at not being able to be free to fly with the wind. I...