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    Robert Frost is a poet who is known for writing simple stories that contains deeper meanings about life. In “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” both depict measuring life's decisions as a piece of the account. These poems signify a journey, where one must choose between two paths in life. In both poems, the speakers reach a point of uncertainty in their journeys. Although both stories have similar aspects in life decisions, there are some differences. These differences

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    Robert Frost (1874-1973) was born in California and, when he was eleven, his dad died. After that, the family moved to the area of New England where he wrote most of his poetry. He is a well-known American voice and his work was well appreciated. He won the Pulitzer prize for poetry four times and, in 1960, he won the Congressional Gold Medal. In addition to being decorated as a poet, his poems are beloved for their simple but universal ideas which appeal to many. Three of these universal ideas include

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    Robert Frost was noteworthy for the way in which he was able to use symbolism in his poems that deal with nature. Since his poetry about nature does not seem to depict subjects in quite a positive light, he has been criticized for not being as unrealistic as other poets. Frost drew many parallels between nature and his views on humanity and the human mind. Frost wanted to emphasize the relationship a man holds with nature. While we may wish that nature could help us to make decisions and succeed

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    the road less taken is the better choice has no evidence and is a useless statement. In his poem “The Road Not Taken,” Robert Frost gives thought about taking the road less traveled and how it has made a difference in his life, however each road is actually equal in taking and both can have positive and negative effects and there is technically no actual “road less traveled”. Frost doesn’t say whether the difference is positive or not which leaves the overall theme of this poem unclear, especially

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    Robert Frost believed in the relation between an emotional journey and a seasonal journey. He illustrates this belief in his poem, “Reluctance,” by using metaphors, specific tones, and imagery. This proves that the speaker in his poem is seeking for a reason to accept the closure of love, influenced by the weather. By using seasonal adjectives and action words, Robert expresses the true feelings one may perceive after the end of a relationship. It also depicts a passionate travel explaining the speaker’s

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    dreams of an individual or the society as a whole. Poetry is therefore a form of art which seeks to capture the underlying emotion in humans while at the same time bringing out the beauty and the realism in life (Fabb). This is can be shown in Robert frost poem “The Road not taken” which has been written in deep realism which was meant to capture the American way of life and this is the reason his poem is laced with metaphors and deep symbolism seeking to depict the challenges in the American way

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    In his poem The Tuft of Flowers, Robert Frost tells the story of a lonely man who is turning grass in a field after a mower has cut it down. Though the man at first believes he is completely alone and that all other people are too, he later reevaluates that position, concluding the opposite- that connections exist between everyone and everything and that nobody is ever alone. Frost argues that one is never truly alone as all people are connected to each other. Initially, the speaker in the poem

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    Making Choices In both poems Robert Frost, compares life with nature. He makes a choice in each poem. The two poems are very alike. The comparisons of each poem are so identical it presents similarities with the choices he wrestle with, the dilemma he faces, and the decision he makes. The comparisons of each poem are so identical it presents similarities with the choices he wrestle with. First, the poet does not know what to do. For example, in both poems the poet is torn in between the two. For

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    Biography of Robert Lee Frost Biography of Robert Lee Frost "A poem begins with a lump in the throat, a home-sickness or a love-sickness. It is a reaching-out toward expression; an effort to find fulfillment. A complete poem is one where an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found the words" Robert Lee Frost once said. Robert Frost is widely admired and recognized for his literary works. He was an honored poet of the twentieth century. Frost may have lived a troubling life

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    The analysis of “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost has been up for debate since the poem release in 1916. It is known to be one of the most frequently misinterpreted poems of all time, and even Robert Frost himself has said the poem is “tricky” to comprehend (The). When analyzing this poem many readers tend to focus only on the last lines of the poem and get caught in a trap of selective-interpretation. Quite a few people after reading Robert Frost’s poem firmly conclude that this poem is about

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