Teancum Tukuafu's Reviews > 101 Great American Poems

In this collection of poems there are many great poems that are well known such as Stopping by Woods on a Snowing Evening by Edgar Allen Poe and Alone by Edgar Allen Poe. Robert Frost's Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening is a great piece of literature that captures, ensnares, and puts people into the wood that he tells of in his poem. At the end of his poem he uses anaphoria to get the point across that his character has a long way to go. "And many miles to go before I sleep, And many miles to go before I sleep." (page 50)
Edgar Allen Poe's alone is one of the best of his even though it may be a little sad. The literary term used in this that I'd like to point out is personification in which he gives the clouds a personality were they take the shape of devils. "And the cloud of that took the form (When the rest of Heaven was blue) Of a demon in my view.