The poet has used the images such as woods, house, lake, and these images help readers see the woods as a source of comfort to a lonely traveller. Imagery is used to build the story into something vivid and real in the readers imagination. There is a repetition of the verse “and miles before I go to sleep” “and miles before I go to sleep” this creates rhythm and brings attention to the deeper meaning of this verse. If we want to achieve our goals, we can’t be distracted by the beautiful things around us. The woods symbolise the beautiful aspects of life, as well as life’s desires and distractions. This is the message that is inherent in the poem. However, we cannot simply because we are always busy with other things in our short lifespan. In real life we have many things that we are attracted to and many things to enjoy. ![]() The poem creates an impression of a snow-covered woods and tells the tale of a man who wanted to enjoy the beauty of the woods but could not. In the third line of the second stanza, Robert Frost has personified the road “Because it was grassy and wanted wear” as if the road is human, and that it wants to wear and tear. These metaphors used in this poem emphasize the importance of different decisions we make in different situations and impacts they have on our lives. Similarly, yellow woods are the metaphor of a person making a decision during a hard time in their life. The road in the poem is the metaphor of life, while the fork on the road is the choices we make as we navigate our path. There are many metaphors in the poem like fork in the road and yellowwoods. It also draws lines and stanzas together linking ideas and images therefore making it easier to read. Rhyme is used throughout the entire poem and it is used to create a ‘musical quality’. The poet’s important message that the poet is trying to give us is that we decide our future by the choices we make and if we make a wrong choice, we will regret it and we will not be able to go back. The path we have chosen, decides our future, our goal. The path we don’t choose is ‘the road not taken’. My topic for the poems is life choices and, in the poem, ‘The Road Not Taken’ our life is symbolised by the road. His ashes are interred in Bennington, Vermont. Unfortunately, On January 29, 1963, Frost died from complications related to prostate surgery. Many of Frosts poems have been inspired by the English landscape like one of his most famous poems, “The Road Not Taken.” After becoming a well-known poet, Robert kept writing beautiful poems and became one of the most acclaimed poets to have ever lived. Ezra and Edward were the first people who believed him and though he was extremely talented. It was at this time that he met poets Edward Thomas and Ezra Pound, these two men were soon to significantly change his life. Within a month Robert found a publisher who would print his first book of poems, A Boy’s Wil and a year later North of Boston. Him and his wife Elinor decided to sell the farm and move to England hoping that there would be more publishers willing to take a chance on new poets. ![]() 6 years had gone by and he could not find anyone who was willing to publish his other poems. In 1906, ‘The Tuft of Flowers’ and ‘The Trial by existence,” were published. By this point Robert had already received more than 40 honorary degrees yet he was still unknown.įrosts first poem ‘My Butterfly: An Elegy,’ was published in 1894 in The Independent (a weekly literary journal company). After getting some money in the Bank Robert went to Harvard and he was loving it, unfortunately after two years he had to drop out due to health concerns. After high school he attended Dartmouth College for several months before returning home to work in a various array of jobs. Frost’s education started at Laurence High School where he excelled in writing. As a young boy Robert lived in San Francisco, California but due to the passing of his journalist father William Prescott Frost, Frost moved with his mother and sister, Jeanie, to the town of Lawrence, Massachusetts. Famous works include “Fire and Ice,” “Mending Wall,” “Birches,” “Out Out,” “Nothing Gold Can Stay” and “Home Burial” but arguably his most famous is ‘The Road Not Taken,’ which is often read at graduation ceremonies, as the poem is written about life choices. Robert Frost born on Mawas an American poet and winner of 4 Pulitzer Prizes.
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