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We are taking this poem at school, and i find it a very tradgic poem. The time where this tradgic non-fictional story happened was in the period of the great depression, where people were extremely poor. I guess this family didn't care much about there sons death, they care more about their living. My question is WHERE IS THE LOVE?

the title is an allusion from Macbeth- 'Out Out, brief candle' which, i feel refers to the fact that death is unavoidable, like the setting of the sun over the hills of vermont. mouring is expected but 'at the end of the day' there is no remedy for death. it is a simple, natural occurance. the poem reminds us that there is life after the death of a loved one. a concept which Frost is likely to understand, more so than anyone.

This poem is about a boy who HAS to work. He has no choice. It shows that the boy wants to be out and about he begs for just an half and hour. He does not fear the saw but welcomes it...Im not saying he did it on prupose he just rushed to becuase he wanted super and and the saw acting like an untame animal was going for its super (Maybe reprsenting the death its self...) "niether tryed to keep them from meeting" The boy knew how to stop the labor by death....you see as he pleads that he becomes a childed again he is no longer on the stage acting like a man. It show the ppl truning away and going back to work in shows that life had lost its touch just as the Jews who lost many loved ones in camps they soon didnt care they were fouced on them selfves and if they could survie then they were no matter what...
ppl are drawn to life the same way a moth is drawn to a flame once the flame is gone so is the moth and ppl do not stand aroud to look at the dead..well at lest not normal ones.
But is Frost trying to point out the dark side in human nature and does the saw show how technoligly will be the death of us and are childern?
What does he mean by the 5 mountains? they are lined up but for what? What do they repersent? greed money death anger and indiffercen comes be for happy ness and freedom? maybe and maybe not...

Well I know this is a bit long but I need to get my thoughts out seeing as to the fact that i have to teach my class about this..and the ppl I am teamed up with boys who try to figur out whos elbow skin is longer..yeah no joke it makes me relize how lucky i am to be a girl.

I read a few years ago that this poem was based on an actual occurence in New England that Frost read about. It concerned a boy's tragic death due to an accident of some type. The boy, I believe, was between 10-12. Does anyone know the true story?

to analyse the poem its important to be clear of the personiied saw. this object is bought ot life where as the hand that once was alive has now been termed an object "the hand"

thanks a lot for the above comment! I wish we had that kind of teaching at my school.

It appears that both the boy and his sister are forced to mature and grow old before their time. This can be a reflection towards aversion against the lack of child labor laws.

This obituary is from a real newspaper and is believed to have inspired "out,out".
Lancaster, nov. 18--John R. adams, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Adams. Route 3, Riverton, died last Saturday evening as a result of injuries he received while operating a power saw on his parents' farm.
The accident happened late Saturday afternoon while young Adams, his brother Stephen, 12, and his father were sawing logs. Apparently the boy was momentarily distracted while feeding a piece of wood into the blade, which caught his hand and amputated it.
The youth's sister, Maud, 17, was witness to the accident. She said that her mother had sent her to call her father and brothers to supper. The accident occured, she said, just as she called out to them.
Mr. Adams immediately drove to nearby Riverton for a doctor. He finally located Dr. E. L. White and drove him back to the farm.
Dr. White said that when he arrived the bou was already in shock from loss of blood, and that it was impossible to save him. The cause of death was listed by the coroner as accidental.