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    This poem consists of four stanzas and begins with a description about someone else’s woods where the speaker of the poem has stopped by to admire. The poem did not indicate wether the speaker of the poem is who‚ or is he a he or she. The first stanza was clear in saying the woods belong to someone else and that “he will not see me stopping here to watch his woods fill up with snow”‚ which shows that the owner does not take absolute good care of these lovely woods because of the speaker’s certainty

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    Robert Frost manipulates the image of an ice storm in order to suggest the mistakes and regretful choices that are made throughout our lives‚ that can’t always be changed. Frost starts of his poem by writing‚ “ When I see birches bend left and right/ Across the lines of straighter darker trees‚/ I like to think some boy has been swinging on them”(1-3). Frost allows a picture of dense line of low hanging trees to be painted‚ the bent trees are a symbol of all the past mistakes frost has made that

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    How does Robert Frost create sympathy for the boy in ‘Out‚ Out-‘ In the ballad Out‚ Out- the boy suffers a fatal injury‚ which makes us feel sympathy towards him. Robert Frost does this by including his personal opinion‚ using the reaction of other people and the boy’s life style in the text. First of all the author inputs his personal opinion in the boy’s destiny‚ which makes us feel sensitivity towards the boy and also a sense of anxiety for him. Before the incident‚ the author said “Call it

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    Robert Frost is known as one of the most famous poets of the early 20th century for many different reasons all the way from his unique writing style and also how he rose to fame and out of poverty in such a little amount of time. He’s risen to such fame that a lot of times his poems are read to and studied by children and young adults all around the world. Some of his unique writing styles involve his detailed poems of nature such as “The Road Not Taken‚” “Fire and Ice‚” “Nothing Gold Can Stay‚”

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    The main interpretation of this poem is about a soldier fighting in a brutal war. This poem was written during the first world war in 1914. Frost describes a lone soldier who fell during battle. Frost also describes a soldier that is witnessing many harmful things that were going on during the war and causing this world’s destruction. Although‚ I believe there is also a hidden meaning. I believe that the poem symbolizes all the soldiers and people that were forgotten at war. All throughout our

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    Reflecting on the Past and Future Poetry is a way to express a deeper truth and to move people or make them feel emotion. This is true in “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost and “Combing” by Gladys Cardiff. In “The Road Not Taken” the speaker is at a fork in the road and must choose a path. They are both worn down about the same and he tells himself he could always come back for the other. The deeper meaning is the speaker has a dilemma and must make a decision. In “Combing” a mother is

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    Robert Frost once said‚ “The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification‚ such as sects and cults are founded on‚ but in a momentary stay against confusion” ("Robert Frost Quotes"). This same kind of thinking opened the door for metaphorical poetry and helped to show this poet’s transparency. The struggles of his life and his love for the social outcast are both exhibited greatly in his poems. Robert Frost helped

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    significant event that occurs in one’s life. Pain is defined in the Dictionary as “mental or emotional suffering or torment.” The poetry of Robert Frost‚ James Langston Hughes‚ and Emily Dickinson all display different aspects of pain. Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26‚ 1874 in San Francisco‚ California where his father worked as a newspaper editor. This may have been where Robert was first exposed to the aspect of writing. Robert’s first published poem was in a school newspaper at the age of 16 where

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    Modernity is a concept that affects us all‚ it is always present and continually changing. The beginnings of modernity can be traced back through diverse stages of history and social change. This essay will define modernity and discuss the Enlightenment period and the French and Industrial revolutions. These stages of history were witness to unprecedented social change and it is in these periods that the early stages of modernity originate. Modernity is a condition that we all experience (Berman

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    Choices are always inevitable in our lives. Both of the poems "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost and "Choices" by Nikki Giovanni talk about how different choices can influence everything. They have many similarities‚ yet also many differences. In "The Road Not Taken"‚ it explains that life decisions have to be made at some point of our lives. Throughout the story‚ there is a pessimistic theme where the author regrets his decision on choosing the wrong path‚ imagining what would have happened

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