Robert Frost/Semi-Revolution

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A 3 page explication of Robert Frost’s brief poem “A Semi-Revolution,” which is, basically, a play-on-words that pivots around the various meanings of the word “revolution.” One meaning for “revolution” is to make one complete rotation around a central point, as in the earth making one revolution around the sun each year; however, another meaning for “revolution” is when there is a fundamental change, such as in a political revolution against a government. Frost makes use of both meanings in observing that most political revolutions do not initiate any lasting change in societal structure, but rather end with the same social class retaining dominance. Bibliography lists 2 sources.