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Poetry Of Robert Frost: Poems From West-Running Brook
From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Frost, Robert
Frost, Robert
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Poems From West-Running Brook
The Rose Family: Summary
The speaker opens with a statement about the rose. He says that it is no
other thing than a rose, and that it has always been a rose. In the modern
world, however, there is a theory that many things are roses. According to
this theory plums and pears are roses, and if the theory holds sway there is
no telling what may next become a rose. The speaker ends the poem by
addressing a person. He identifies this person as a rose that has always been
a rose.
Analysis: The poem is a comment on beauty in a ...
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