Figurative language, nature, and holidays are all part of Robert Frost's poem "The Mountain." Frost uses countless similes and metaphors comparing different things throughout the poem. The mountains in the poem are compared to the wall for a sense of protection in this poem. Nature is included in almost all of Frost's poems. Nature in this poem is used with mountains and lakes. Another theme included in this poem is that of holidays. The speaker is on a trip, which he doesn't seem to enjoy, but at the top of the mountain he finds a fountain that he has never seen and now wants to visit. Figurative language is something that is included in all types of writing. The mountain is so big that the shadow of this poem can cover the entire city. In this poem by Frost, he uses many similes and metaphors that compare the mountain to a wall. Line 4 reinforces the fact of the shadow that covers the city. Lines 5 and 6 show one of the similes that makes it seem like the mountains protect the city from danger. The mountain seems to protect the city from danger, but in reality this is not the case. The figurative language of comparison that Frost uses throughout the poem compares one main thing shown at the beginning of the poem, namely the shadow to a wall. A wall is something that can protect, restrain, hold things in place, prevent things from entering and leaving the area. In this case, the mountain is used as protection from the wind in this story case. The wall may seem to protect the city from danger, but later in the poem it shows that it is different. It seems that lines 22 and 23 do not protect the city well from the wind at night. The wind seems to be felt and the only... middle of paper ...... walks around or knows nothing of the landscape. Line 21 of the poem uses the word “Sojourn,” which in this case means temporary stay. The speaker does not live in a permanent location. This could be because the speaker is on vacation or lives there but is considering moving. The Mountain by Robert Frost is a poem about nature and travel that contains a lot of figurative language. The figurative language of the poem brings it all together to compare it to the elements of nature and things created by man. For example the mountain which acts as a wall, but which is nevertheless only its shadow. Again, this poem by Frost doesn't need to be complex, it could just be about Frost on vacation and he is comparing and contrasting everything he has learned. All the things taken from the poem come together for Frost to use the elements of nature to make man-made works..