Departmental - Poem Analysis

Departmental - Poem Analysis

To offer a brief summary of the poem "Departmental" by Robert Frost and its general meaning before launching into a full poetry analysis, one should begin with the important first lines. At the beginning of "Departmental" by Robert Frost, an ant runs across a moth, and although the reader might think this is leading to a poem about the intersection of the two insects, it instead diverges entirely into an image of the ant walking right by the moth, since “His business wasn't with such” and hurrying off.

The poem "Departmental" then takes another sharp ...