Comparing The Road Not Taken And Seasons Changing

Nature, there is just something about it that intrigues all of us. Whether it be the changing of the leaves during fall, the first snowy morning during winter or the birth of new life during the spring. We all have our different ways of connecting to nature and expressing those connections. In the poem Spring and All by William Carlos Williams he is expressing his thoughts and emotions about spring. While in the poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost he expresses the connections one can make with a snowy winter night. During this essay comparisons and contrasts will be made between these two poems and how they express their connections with nature.

“Ode to enchanted light,” by Pablo Neruda, is a free verse poem in which the speaker expresses an appreciation for nature’s sheer beauty. The ode deals with the serious themes of pureness, beauty, and justice. The tone of Neruda’s poem can be implied as hopeful and optimistic. “Sleeping in the Forest,” by Mary Oliver, is also a free verse lyric poem whereas the speaker is cleansed by the natural world. The speaker expresses private emotions and thoughts on nature. Both “Ode to enchanted light” and “Sleeping in the Forest” convey an appreciation of different aspects of nature.

In “The Road Not Taken” the setting begins with, “Two roads diverging in a yellow wood.” This opening sentence sets the scene and presents Frost with a problem of which road to take. Frost further states, “To where it bent in the undergrowth.” His setting continues to be more descriptive which allows the reader to visualize what Frost is experiencing. He continues with, “And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear.” By putting this line in the poem Frost shows the reader, with description, that one road looks more appealing to the eye than the other. The roads diverging are symbolic containing several different themes. The following themes help support that symbolism: life presents challenges, choices are what we make them, and some roads are more bumpy than

Robert Frost was one of America’s most influential poets. He won countless awards for his work, including four Pulitzer Prizes. Many of Frost’s writings discuss nature and its effect on man. Two of his poems, “Acquainted with the Night” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” exemplify his frequent use of nature. While both poems are similar in topic and contain similar aspects of nature, the speakers differ on their responsibilities, and views of isolation.

During his life, Robert Frost, the icon of American literature, wrote many poems that limned the picturesque American landscape. His mostly explicated poems “Birches” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” reflect his young manhood in the rural New England. Both of these poems are seemingly straightforward but in reality, they deal with a higher level of complexity and philosophy. Despite the difference in style and message, “Birches” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” are loaded with vivid imagery and symbolism that metaphorically depict the return to nature and childhood, the struggle between reality and imagination and also life and death.

For this course, I wrote an essay entitled, “A Gaze into Robert Frost’s Poetry,” in which I analyze the distinctive aesthetic elements of Frost’s poetry. The essay examined and compared the aesthetic elements of Frost’s poems “Birches,” “In White,” “Out, Out-” and “Home Burial.” I wrote that “Frost’s poetry focuses on descriptive imagery and simplicity in language” (12). “Frost is well known for writing poetry that uses images of landscapes and simple language to depict country folk life” (12). “The language in Frost’s poetry is simple because it focuses on the spoken language used in regional areas he wrote about” (12). I concluded in my essay that “[t]he remarkably subtle rather than obvious depth of Frost’s poetry contributes to ‘the richness of his art’”

Nature was essential in this poem, used as an emblem due to the fact in which the rhythm of life and death throughout all the four seasons presents imagery that most can identify themselves with. It symbolizes the idea of how everything, no matter how good or beautiful in life, will at one point vanish into thin air. Although this poem was written in the 1920’s it signifies an important message that has not changed, one you realize how cherished certain moments may be, you will acknowledge and enjoy them even more.

Robert Frost’s “Stopping by woods on a snowy evening” reveals how a simple moment spent appreciating nature and the temptations it holds can symbolize a deeper, dangerous sense of isolation from the civilized world, and how a connection to civilization can save you .Through imagery, mood and meter, the poet carefully constructs a scene for his audience. The scene is brief, like the poem. It is a pause on a journey, on a dark night in winter, through lovely, deep woods that tempt the poet to remain. A quick action by the poet’s horse, a shake of harness bells, immediately pulls the poet back to his journey and his responsibilities. It is tempting to simply read the poem and appreciate the moment at face value. However, much like the forest in the poem, a deeper look into the poem’s construction may be necessary to fully appreciate that scene.

The influence of nature in Frost’s works creates a palette to paint a picture filled with symbolism for the reader to interpret. The nature in the poems makes the poem an intimate piece in which most readers can identify with or imagine in some way because of the intense imagery used. In the analysis of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken, Nothing Gold Can Stay, and Stopping By The Woods On A Snowy Evening we can pick out specific examples to illustrate Frost’s overall

Ralph Waldo Emerson once stated that “the first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature.” Nature in all its forms parallels with life, death, and the soul. Whether the sunshines or the rain falls, whether a flower blooms or willows, nature will always recreate itself and remain a mystery to mankind. To become one with nature, one must explore oneself and know that the simplicity found in it is both divine and perfect. The theme of nature plays a mayor role throughout Whitman, Dickinson, and Emerson’s writings. Each poet conveys his or her view of nature in a unique and symbolic way by searching for the

The beautiful American landscape provides inspiration for countless American works of literature and art. Robert Frost, an American poet who wrote about rural New England, was one of these people. In his poem, “The Road Not Taken,” Frost presents readers with the quiet and colorful picture of a deciduous forest in New England. He uses concise words and phrases like “a yellow wood” to describe the setting for the poem (Frost 1). When he talks about the two paths, the varying explanations give his audience an important insight into the decision for the writer. Frost describes the first path as “bent in the undergrowth” (5). In contrast, the other path was “grassy and wanted wear” (Frost 8). This natural scenery on a quiet autumn day reaches out to all people and gives anyone the urge to enjoy some time in the calm and picturesque woods of our great country. The milieu of the poem touches the heart of all nature lovers.

Imagine being outside with the colorful leaves falling to the ground in warm, comfy clothes and hot chocolate in a mug. Often times poets use nature and sensory detail to inspire their writing and engage their audience with a mental connection. One can compare and contrast Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” to Emily Mottley, Annijah Collins, and McKenna Faychak’s “Seasons Changing” by using specific details from each poem. When interpreting the “The Road Not Taken” and “Seasons Changing,” one can justify that the differences are their poetic structures and making different choices, while at the same time recognize that the similarities are that each use nature images, references to Autumn, and an abundant amount of detail to paint a picture for the reader.

Robert Frost, an American poet of the late 19th century, used nature in many of his writings. One of the great examples is the poem “Desert Places” that express feelings of a speaker and the meaning of the entire poem through images of nature. The poem describes two different kinds of desert places and clearly emphasizes the most frightening one. To help readers understand the meaning of “Desert Places”, Frost uses variety of images to create the specific atmosphere and revile the theme.

Have you ever read a poem that was so well written that you could almost imagine yourself being the person in the poem and feeling all of the emotions portrayed by the speaker? In the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, written by Robert Frost in 1923, you receive that exact feeling. The poem is about a man stopping to admire the beauty that are the woods on a snowy night on his way to complete his task. This poem had many parts that could be well analyzed, which was surprising for how short the poem truly was. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” had many literary terms including the structure of the stanzas, symbols and imagery in each line, and the theme and tone of the entire poem.

Coleridge often explores the relationship between humanity and nature in his poetry. These two groups are unified in his conversation poem “Frost at Midnight”, and allow the reader into his internal thoughts. He meditates on comparisons by pairing the magical appearance of frost on the windowpane to how his thoughts are in flux and reflux. Coleridge shows how the thinking of the mind mirrors nature and how repeating patterns reveal universal aspects of poetry, thoughts, and nature.