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Imagery in Ghost House Robert Lee Frost was born on Mars 26th 1874 in San Francisco and he died in Boston, January 29th 1963. Frost was greatly influenced by his move to New England at the age of 11, his move to England when he was 37, and then his return to New Hampshire a couple of years later. These periods can be seen in his poetry. His verse forms about life and death made him one of the best-known poets of 20th century and he win many literary prizes, including four Pulitzer Prizes. Frost wrote poems whose philosophical dimensions transcend any region. Although his verse forms are traditional, he was a pioneer in the interplay of rhythm and in the poetic use of the vocabulary and inflections of everyday speech. His poetry is both traditional and experimental, regional and universal. The main reason why I chose Robert Frosts poem is because his poems are pretty simple and easy to understand. The poem I picked for this analysis, Ghost House, is an extremely descriptive poem illustrating an old haunted house. The imagery in Ghost House is marvelous. This poem allows the reader to see the house as if they were standing on the front porch. You can picture an old decrepit house, cover with vines and wild raspberries. There is a dying manoeuvre in the front yard with only one live branch on it. Underneath the tree there are two gravestones so covered in moss that the names can non be deciphered. Right next to the gravestones is a ghostly couple standing position of mist absolutely still and silent. On the front porch the current owner stands frozen, half by fear and half by curiosity. The poem is told through the eye of the current resident of the house. The owner scared of his uninvited company. However, the owners opinion of the couple seems to change towards the end of the poem. The theme of Ghost House seems to be that love can survive anything, even when the body does not. Although the couple has passed away they still remain together. An other theme in this poem could be not to judge a book by its cover. At first the houses owner seems to fear the ghosts, but he eventually comes to respect the beat that they still share.