Stars by Robert Frost

How countlessly they congregate

O'er our tumultuous snow,

Which flows in shapes as tall as trees

When wintry winds do blow!--

As if with keenness for our fate,

Our faltering few steps on

To white rest, and a place of rest

Invisible at dawn,--

And yet with neither love nor hate,

Those stars like some snow-white

Minerva's snow-white marble eyes

Without the gift of sight

The poem Stars, by Robert Frost, is an allegory because it uses the stars as a metaphor to the human life. In line 1 the poem begins with, “How countlessly they congregate”. This shows that just like the stars, there are so many lives in the world; it is impossible to count them. Then, in line 2 it reads, “O'er our tumultuous snow”, perfectly depicting how hectic and tumultuous humans can be or behave. Following, Frost uses a simile, “Which flows in shapes as tall as trees,” which could also be referred to as alliteration due to the ‘t’ in tall and trees.

Continuing on to the second stanza, Frost writes, “Our faltering few steps on To white rest, and a place of rest Invisible at dawn,--” I think that these few lines refer to our final destination, death. And then, to end the poem, Frost continues in the very last line, “Without the gift of sight” which means that there is often failure to see how precious our lives really are; like the saying, “you don’t know what you’ve got until its gone.” This would clearly be the initial message or theme of the poem.

I enjoyed the last line of the poem, as I think that this was a very strong way to end it, and I could really picture the ‘snow-white marble eyes’ in my head as I read the line.