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.
Walt Whitman uses shifting tone in the poem to convey the mixed feelings of winning a battle, but the loss of a captain. O captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, the ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won... But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, where on the deck my captain lies, fallen cold and dead.. When people are happy, they rhyme and have rhythm, but when shocked, they speak in short, non-descriptive sentences. The poem uses short and long sentences to convey the mixed emotions of a sacrifice. Stanza Structure. Walt Whitman.