Robert Frost takes our imagination to a journey through wintertime with 
his two poems "Desert Places" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". These two poems reflect the beautiful scenery that is present in the snow covered woods and awakens us to new feelings. Even though these poems both have winter settings they contain very different tones. One has a feeling of depressing loneliness and the other a feeling of welcome solitude. They show how the same setting can have totally different
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life. Some may aspire for a fairy tale ending and some may crave a life of adventure. Traveling across strange lands and seeing new discoveries. A story that has been a favorite by many and has relevance to their life is the poem titled Nature’s First Green is Gold by Robert Frost. The author writes about how good things in life do not last for very long. Some of which can include jobs‚ school‚ awards and even relationships. People in today’s society are forgetting how to take opportunities when they
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Robert Browning was a very dramatic English poet. He created dramatic monologues and very dramatic poems. As he wrote he seemed to be a psycho killer or a person with a very abnormal way of thinking. Possibly two of his most famous poems are Porphyria’s Lover and My Last Duchess. Most would recognize quickly that the poems are similar due to their dark tone‚ evil similarities‚ and odd way of expressing love. The poems differ due to the fact that one seems to be happy in the beginning until he killed
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Set in the middle of the yellows woods‚ the poem The Road not taken by Robert Frost‚ is an extremely powerful poem‚ which talks about the difficultly of decision making in life. The poem is a story about a the poet‚ who is at an intersection in the woods with two diverging roads‚ and is faced with the decision of choosing between the two equally good roads. There the poet is conflicted with decision‚ as he wants to travel both roads yet must on chose one as he can on only travel on one of the two
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"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" (1923) Summary On the surface‚ this poem is simplicity itself. The speaker is stopping by some woods on a snowy evening. He or she takes in the lovely scene in near-silence‚ is tempted to stay longer‚ but acknowledges the pull of obligations and the considerable distance yet to be traveled before he or she can rest for the night. Basically on a dark winter evening‚ the narrator stops his sleigh to watch the snow falling in the woods. At first he worries
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who to like‚ where to go‚ life consists of making decisions. In his poem "The Road Not Taken‚" Robert Frost‚ writes a poem of consisting of twenty short lines‚ that acknowledges an aspect of life: decision making. He uses the character of a traveler and creates a setting of past‚ present and future. The comparison of two roads in the middle of a "yellow wood" (1)‚ represents many of the life choices that individuals make. Robert Frost emphasize the importance of the decision we as individuals make‚
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exercised. The poem’s ’Fire and Ice’ and ’The Day They Came For Our House’ by Robert Frost and Don Mattera respectively‚ perfectly convey the idea of the destructive nature of power‚ the poems are both concerned with Mortality of Age. The ideal readers of these poems are people old enough to understand how harsh and cruel this world can be. Furthermore‚ people who can appreciate the sense of grief portrayed in these poems‚ as both poets investigate deeply the potentially devastating capability of humans
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what’s important. In “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost‚ Frost decides to take the path less traveled by‚ and instead of accepting his outcome he wishes to change his path. Frost tells of how he takes the road with the “better claim because it was grassy and wanted wear”(7). He believes his choice to take the road less traveled by is a good decision. Taking the road less traveled by can lead to new discoveries or a better outcome for your life. As Frost is taking the road less traveled by‚ he begins
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The poem Once by the Pacific written by Robert Frost makes one think and sends a harsh visualization of what is to come in the near future. It was written in 1928 which was a time period where many Americans where experiencing rough and difficult times. Frost is portraying this image by describing a horrific storm that is about to come ashore off of the Pacific Coast. This poem was written in iambic pentameter and rhyme to illustrate the thought of the terrible effects that many Americans
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My first reaction to A Pocket Book of Robert Frost’s Poems was pure excitement. There was such a great variety of subjects in the book. He wrote a poem for just about every topic that one could imagine. Although there may be a lot of material‚ one can easily point out his central subject; humanity and nature. His poems project the voice of average people and their experiences in life. Many of his topics I could easily connect with my own life. Topics such as youthfulness‚ individualism‚ love‚ death
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