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“Nothing New” Introduction
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“Nothing New” Summary
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“Nothing New” Themes
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The Sadness and Peace of Mortality
Where this theme appears in the poem:- Lines 1-8
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Line-by-Line Explanation & Analysis of “Nothing New”
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Lines 1-2
One moment when ...
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Lines 3-4
I dreamed the ...
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Lines 5-8
Yet strangely not ...
... same dream again.
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“Nothing New” Symbols
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Winter and Snow
Where this symbol appears in the poem:- Lines 1-3: “One moment when the dust to-day / Against my face was turned to spray, / I dreamed the winter dream again”
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“Nothing New” Poetic Devices & Figurative Language
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Repetition
Where repetition appears in the poem:- Line 3: “I dreamed,” “dream again”
- Line 4: “I dreamed”
- Line 8: “dream again”
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Sibilance
Where sibilance appears in the poem:- Line 1: “dust”
- Line 2: “Against,” “face,” “spray”
- Line 5: “strangely,” “sad”
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End-Stopped Line
Where end-stopped line appears in the poem:- Line 2: “spray,”
- Line 4: “play,”
- Line 5: “then—”
- Line 6: “new—”
- Line 8: “again.”
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“Nothing New” Vocabulary
Select any word below to get its definition in the context of the poem. The words are listed in the order in which they appear in the poem.
- Spray
Spray-
(Location in poem: Lines 1-2: “the dust to-day / Against my face was turned to spray”)
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Form, Meter, & Rhyme Scheme of “Nothing New”
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Form
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Meter
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Rhyme Scheme
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“Nothing New” Speaker
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“Nothing New” Setting
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Literary and Historical Context of “Nothing New”
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More “Nothing New” Resources
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External Resources
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A Frost Timeline — Read a short overview of Frost's life from the Frost Place, an organization dedicated to the poet's legacy.
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The Frost Farm — Visit the website of the Frost Farm, a museum housed in Frost's former New Hampshire home.
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A Brief Biography — Read the Poetry Foundation's biography of Frost.
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A Conversation with Frost — Listen to a recorded conversation between Frost and the poet Randall Jerrell.
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The Poem's Discovery — Read a short article by Frost scholar Jay Parini about the recent rediscovery of this poem.
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