Vendler graph "Out, Out" Robert Frost

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Vendler Grid: 'Out, Out' Robert Frost

Meaning	If it isn't about you then you don't care. The lack of importance put on human life. The control that objects have over us.
Antecedent Scenario	Not sure right now what year it was written. I will look it up.
Structural Parts	Personification of the buzz saw. The youthful and naive reaction of the boy to his accident. The lack of response from everyone else.
Climax	The boy's hand is cut off.
Other Parts	There was back and forth between peaceful and anger in the beginning. The sister was something that the boy had a connection with. the way the accident's immediate aftermath didn't explicitly say it, but you definitely know what happened. I liked that and felt in the loop. The last paragraphs didn't include the saw because it had done its work already.

Skeleton	It begins with the snarling saw. Then the soft setting gives the tone. Back to the snarling. Then again to exposition. The sister coming to say dinner then it happened. More personification of the saw and hand. As if there was interaction. His response was so full of shock that terror was in a quieter form. The young boy, the victim. It goes from aggressive saw to innocent boy who lost the battle.
Content Genre- games	an ironic poem, a nostalgic poem, a poem for reflection and incitement, a calmly disposed poem
Tone	This is third person pov. The tone is direct and somewhat relaxed and at ease. tone is angry when talking about the saw, innocent when talking about the boy, secure when about the sister, remorseful in the aftermath although the bystanders weren't. The last paragraph has no hope. There were two short times of heightened emotion.
Agency	Yo, the buzz saw was super aggressive and took of the poor boy's hand for no reason. He was so close to going to dinner. The innocent youth never got to grow up. He was a sweet boy until death and the saw was a monster all the way through, as well.
Roads Not Taken	It mentions that if the work day had just ended earlier the accident wouldn't have happened before it happened. Then there would be no climax. shout out to Robert Frost for writing both of these poems. I like him. The road taken was a sad one and left an impact on the reader because of the lack of impact left on the other characters.
Speech Acts	The saw is on, then the scenery is nice, but the saw is idle and the boy is tending to his work, almost done with s peaceful day. The boy's sister comes to call him in, then his hand gets caught. His first reaction was almost trivial. Then reality set in and he realized that he is bleeding out and doesn't want his hand gone. It shouldn't have happened to a boy.
Outer and Inner Structural Forms	The sentences are shorter but straight forward. Adjectives and many other words on point, like "rueful laugh," "spilling," and "spoiled."
Imagination	I feel very repetitive with this grid, but I really like the story. Frost brought the saw to life, personified the object so that when it did its deed its presence was no longer needed or even missed. The boy was innocent and therefore perplexed and still not completely understanding of what the accident meant. He had his sister to somewhat confide in. The medicine put him under and he never came back. Everyone gave up before even trying to save him, though. That was what I really noticed at first -the lack of all that after sorrow. As long as they were not the dead ones it didn't really matter. How selfish. We had emotions drawn when reading about the boy and then our hearts were ripped out by the lack of response from the present characters. Reflection of selfishness.