Spring Pools

These pools that, though in forests, still reflect

The total sky almost without defect,
And like the flowers beside them, chill and shiver,
Will like the flowers beside them soon be gone,
And yet not out by any brook or river,
But up by roots to bring dark foliage on.
The trees that have it in their pent-up buds
To darken nature and be summer woods--Let them think twice before they use their powers,
To blot out and drink up and sweep away,
These flowery waters and these watery flowers,
From snow that melted only yesterday.

My Analysis:

Humans are romantic, and tend to identify themselves with nature. In poetry, nature and
seasons
are
good
ways
to
express
ones
emotions.
"Spring Pools" by Robert Frost talks about the poets feelings for the spring season, which
tends to pass way too quickly (line 12). Frost relates springtime with happiness and
opportunity for new beginnings. For example, the pools of water formed by melted snow
from the passing winter and all the flowers around it indicate it is springtime (lines 11& 12).
The snow that melted recently is considered as the better aspect of life, leaving behind the
end of a cold, gloomy winter and entering the beginning of a bright, beautiful spring. We can
relate this to life itself, because humans always want to leave the bad behind and start fresh
and new. When Frost writes to let the "summer woods think twice before they use their
powers" (line 8 & 9), he is advising the woods to think twice about absorbing the water,
because this is a sign that the summer will end. Frost knows nature cannot stop; he just wants
it to slow its course. This is obviously personification, which appears more than once
throughout the poem, since woods cannot think nor stop its course. This is clearly a situation
in which humanity clings to emotions and opportunity. He wishes to be happy as long as he
can.
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 wont be long 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 will soon be gone up by the roots to bring dark foliage on. Frost 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 this 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 use
their powers, to blot out, to drink up and to sweep away these flowery waters and for snow
that melted only yesterday.