The power of an allusion comes from the reader`s understanding of the reference. How did reading the speech from Macbeth enrich your understanding of Frost`s poem?
The title "Out, Out-" by Robert frost is alluding to the play Macbeth. Macbeth is grieving about how his life is meaningless once his wife had died. Frost use that allusion by tieing it to his theme in "Out, Out-"
