This poem deals with a vain attempt to turn back the clock. Seeing a scene of beauty in
a winter forest, the poet is dismayed that spring, which will soon arrive, will change the
scenery. What strikes the poet most particularly are the reflections within small pools on
the forest floor that are present, because of the melting snow. It won't be long before
these pools disappear. The ground will absorb them to accommodate for the coming
season which is one of awakening; one of growth and one of new beginning
A reflection almost without blemish is given by these pools. This is due to the fact no
leaves are on the trees in the forest at this time of year. Therefore, these pools reflect
the total sky almost without defect. We are immediately told of the fate of the pools due
to the requirements of nature that will soon be gone by the roots to bring dark foliage on.
ost would like things to stop happening. The process of change is one that punishes him
as it will bring around the disappearance of this beautiful winter spectacle. Frost calls out
to nature to slow down its changing methods in order that he can savour the moments of
beauty which he experiences. Because they are temporary, signifying the change of one
season into another it is the brevity in the life span of these spectacular puddles which
on these occasions Frost puts pen to paper.
He asks nature to stand back and admire its own work, fully convinced that if this were
possible these moments would go on for days due to its beauty.The trees that have it in
their pent up buds to darken nature and be summer woods, let them think twice before
they..
Romantic nature poems, such as ‘Spring Pools’, were usually meditative
poems. The landscape was sometimes personified or imbued with human
life as it is in this beautiful lyric. The Romantics subscribed to Wordsworth’s
belief that poets should ‘choose incidents and situations from common life’
and write about them in ‘language really spoken by men’ who belong to
‘humble and rustic life’. Frost puts many of these principles to good use in
this poem.
This short lyric poem opens as Spring begins to take hold of the landscape.
The forest pools formed by the last of the melting snows and rain still mirror
the cloudy sky. The poet informs us that these pools will not last long
because the roots of the mighty trees in the Vermont forest will very soon
greedily soak up these pools in order to encourage leaf growth. This is a
rather unusual and disturbing perspective on Nature – the poet sees an
ominous, dark side to Nature. The trees soak up the Spring pools and
within a short period of time, they are covered in leaves that blot out the
flowers on the forest floor and the pools of water which gave them
a winter forest, the poet is dismayed that spring, which will soon arrive, will change the
scenery. What strikes the poet most particularly are the reflections within small pools on
the forest floor that are present, because of the melting snow. It won't be long before
these pools disappear. The ground will absorb them to accommodate for the coming
season which is one of awakening; one of growth and one of new beginning
A reflection almost without blemish is given by these pools. This is due to the fact no
leaves are on the trees in the forest at this time of year. Therefore, these pools reflect
the total sky almost without defect. We are immediately told of the fate of the pools due
to the requirements of nature that will soon be gone by the roots to bring dark foliage on.
ost would like things to stop happening. The process of change is one that punishes him
as it will bring around the disappearance of this beautiful winter spectacle. Frost calls out
to nature to slow down its changing methods in order that he can savour the moments of
beauty which he experiences. Because they are temporary, signifying the change of one
season into another it is the brevity in the life span of these spectacular puddles which
on these occasions Frost puts pen to paper.
He asks nature to stand back and admire its own work, fully convinced that if this were
possible these moments would go on for days due to its beauty.The trees that have it in
their pent up buds to darken nature and be summer woods, let them think twice before
they..
Romantic nature poems, such as ‘Spring Pools’, were usually meditative
poems. The landscape was sometimes personified or imbued with human
life as it is in this beautiful lyric. The Romantics subscribed to Wordsworth’s
belief that poets should ‘choose incidents and situations from common life’
and write about them in ‘language really spoken by men’ who belong to
‘humble and rustic life’. Frost puts many of these principles to good use in
this poem.
This short lyric poem opens as Spring begins to take hold of the landscape.
The forest pools formed by the last of the melting snows and rain still mirror
the cloudy sky. The poet informs us that these pools will not last long
because the roots of the mighty trees in the Vermont forest will very soon
greedily soak up these pools in order to encourage leaf growth. This is a
rather unusual and disturbing perspective on Nature – the poet sees an
ominous, dark side to Nature. The trees soak up the Spring pools and
within a short period of time, they are covered in leaves that blot out the
flowers on the forest floor and the pools of water which gave them
