A Girl's Garden By Robert Frost

Natalie Boyle
Dr. Ngenge
English 150
September 29, 2003
The Elements of “A Girl’s Garden”
In “A Girl’s Garden” by Robert Frost, the theme expressed is the unique pleasure of a rural childhood, as well as the girl’s youthful exuberance about the garden she grew. The speaker is a neighbor of the girl, who is now an adult woman living in town. The speaker tells the story, attempting to convey the importance of the garden to the adult woman because of the joy she still takes in reminiscing about her experiences, regardless of the perceived success of her efforts. This is achieved by excellent use of tone, rhythm, and imagery.
The tone of the poem is consistently light and pleasant. From the beginning the girl remembers the experience fondly, as shown in lines 2-4 “likes to tell how one spring when she was a girl on the farm, she did a childlike thing.” The poem goes on to describe how the young girl asked her father for a garden of her own. The father’s ...