This is a lovely short poem by Robert Frost, reflecting
his love of nature and the natural world, which are, of course, key elements in so many
of his poems. This poem concerns the way that fireflies are able to "emulate" the beauty
of the stars at night and achieve a fleeting similarity. Note how Robert Frost seems to
employ a playful tone in this poem, punning on the similarity of "start" to "star" and
ending with a rhyming couplet that is humorous and light-hearted, whilst also making the
serious comparison of the light that fireflies emit and the celestial light that the
stars provide us with:
Achieve at times a very star-like
start.
Only, of course, they can't sustain the
part.
Such an approach to
comparing stars and fireflies seems to show the whimsical, playful tone that is at the
heart of this excellent poem. It displays affection for fireflies whilst at the same
time commenting humorously on how they only emulate stars
partially.
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