DEFINITION of 'Utility'. 1. An economic term referring to the total satisfaction received from consuming a good or service. 2. A company that generates, transmits and/or distributes electricity, water and/or gas from facilities that it owns and/or operates.
by Robert Frost. Robert Frost: Poems Summary and Analysis of Out, Out (1916) A young man is cutting firewood with a buzz saw in New England. Near the end of the day, the boyâs sister announces that it is time for dinner and, out of excitement, the boy accidentally cuts his hand with the saw.
Beneath the somewhat jumbled narrative of the boy/girl story line, however, lies another conflict, and one that is really at the center of the poem. What is most striking about the words are the utter lack of meaning or feeling in the poet, outside of his contact with the girl in the story.