SINGING AND NOT SINGING: THE CURIOUS CASE OF FROST'S OVEN BIRD.

The article analyzes Robert Frost’s poem “The Oven Bird,” focusing on the paradoxical line where the bird “knows in singing not to sing.” It argues that Frost employs the rhetorical figure antanaclasis, using the verb “to sing” in different senses: the bird sings musically but does not sing to celeb...

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Publicado en:	Renascence Vol. 78; no. 1; pp. 19 - 32
Autor principal:	Davis, Matthew M.
Formato:	Literary Criticism
Publicado:	Marquette University Winter2026
Materias:	Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 Symbolism Polysemy Poetry studies Poetry (Literary form) Modern poetry Poets Expressive behavior 20th century (Literary period)
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