Once by the Pacific

The shattered water made a misty din.
Great waves looked over others coming in,
And thought of doing something to the shore
That water never did to land before.
The clouds were low and hairy in the skies,
Like locks blown forward in the gleam of eyes.
You could not tell, and yet it looked as if
The shore was lucky in being backed by cliff,
The cliff in being backed by continent;
It looked as if a night of dark intent
Was coming, and not only a night, an age.
Someone had better be prepared for rage.
There would be more than ocean-water broken
Before God's last Put out the Light was spoken.

I like this poem because I love the ocean and Frost uses a lot of powerful imagery to allow the reader to really imagine the Pacific Ocean. I think Frost is reflecting on his time spent in San Francisco, where he lived before his father passed away. I like the simplistic style of the poem that Frost creates by ryhming every two lines with one another.

*Ryhme: Frost ryhmes the last word in every set of two lines. For example, "The shattered water made a misty din. Great waves looked over others coming in," (1-2).

*Local Color: Frost creates a detailed setting that allows the reader to feel as though they are looking at the Pacific. He does this by choosing words that create a clear image in the reader's mind. When he talks about the waves he says, "Great waves looked over others coming in, And thought of doing something to the shore That water never did to land before," (2-4). I can picture the strong waves crashing into shore in my mind.

*Enjambment: "It looked as if a night of dark intent Was coming, and not only a night, an age," (10-11) is an example of enjambment because the sentence is broken up over two lines within the stanza.