Stars by Robert Frost

I chose this poem because of its title. I am amazed by space and its infinite void, the stars are countless in the dark . They make me feel small and meaningless yet they bring out a desire for knowledge that is hard to get from any other thing. In his poem Robert Frost uses the literary device of simile. In the sentence:

    Those stars like some snow-white
    Minerva's snow-white marble eyes
    Without the gift of sight.

Robert Frost uses the word "like" to compare two different things; the stars and the snow white marble eyes of Minerva the roman goddess of wisdom. so he is saying that the stars are very white and they can be compared to the blind white eyes of Minerva.