In another one of his works, "Peril of Hope" Frost talks about the dangers of hope, in the poem it says: .
"It is right in there.
Betwixt and between.
The orchard bare.
And the orchard green,.
When the boughs are right.
In a flowery burst.
Of pink and white,.
That we fear the worst.
For there's not a clime.
But at any cost.
Will take that time.
For a night of frost.".
The obvious meaning is the risk of losing a harvest, but there's a deeper meaning to it all. The word betwixt makes reference to Shakespeare's Henry VIII, in which the fall of Cardinal Wolsey is portrayed; his loss of hope is shown. The poem signifies, not only the risk in hoping for the harvest to be safe, but also the risk in hoping anything at all, it leaves the choice, like to Wolsey in Henry VIII, "Never to hope again.".
A third example of Synecdoche is Frost's poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay." In this poem the reader initially focuses on the basic idea of the poem, the obvious picture frost is trying to paint. It portrays the change of things, from their "golden" stage to the mere commonness of it in everyday life. The first 5 lines describe what the reader is supposed to follow, the subject of the poem whom the reader is supposed to follow and consequently understand the meaning behind the poem. Those lines describe the flower bud, which in those lines develops into a flower and then into a leaf, but at that instance when it turns into a leaf is when the reader is truly disappointed, because after it turns into a leave, it's merely a leaf. If read correctly one can almost feel the disillusionment in discovering that the leaf has turned into only a leaf, and that something as wonderful as dawn merely turns into common day, the wonder in it is lost. One feels almost childlike in the disappointment suffered when realizing the reality of life, that the poem transcends its barriers and refers not only to the flower bud, but also to life in general.
