Comparing Robert Frost And Amy Lowell's The Taxi

Robert Frost’s stopping by the woods on a snowy evening and Amy Lowell’s The Taxi show many differences with no similarities. Robert Frost talks about a man on riding on a horse through the forests, stops by to watch the woodlands fill up with snow, and then tells himself that he has to go before it gets too late. In the Taxi, the woman tells us that she misses her lover, and that she wants to see them again. Frost’s poem has an iambic pentameter while Lowell’s does not have any rhythm and can be considered a prose style.
Frost’s poem has a theme of isolation meaning that he enjoys being alone in the woods without anyone watching him. For example, frosts explains that when he is in the woods alone with his horse and is sitting there watching the snow fall and pile up overtime, the horse then shakes his harness bells because there is no farmhouse near for the horse to rest. (Page 548 Literature an introduction to reading and writing compact edition) “Whose woods these are I think I know his house is in the village though”, has a rhythm very much similar to a heartbeat. …show more content…
“Why should I leave you, to wound myself upon the sharp edges of the night?” (Page 623 Literature an introduction to reading and writing compact edition). What Lowell means in the last line is whenever she leaves someone, she brings herself to tears every night, which causes her pain and suffering when not seeing the person they normally see. This poem has more of a sad tone to it because that person really cares about the other person and they do not want anything to happen to them. The person is reaching out for the other, calls out their name, and does not get an answer. While that person is on their way home, the lights are so bright and causes them be temporarily blinded. I feel this poem represents a break up from a prior relationship that causes the main character to feel depressed and