Robert Frost Comparison

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My Comparison This paper is going to be about the comparison between two poems written by Robert Frost. The two poems are “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowing Evening.” “The Road Not Taken” was about the author who was walking in the woods one morning and there were two roads and they looked exactly the same so he just took one and the road looked like it hasn’t been walked on in awhile and because him taking that path, it changed his life. “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowing Evening” was about this man who was riding on his little horse and stopped in the woods and was admiring the beautiful nature and wanted to stay but realized he had responsibilities and had to keep his promises so he left and went on his way.
These two poems are alike in so many ways
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The way these two poems are alike by character is the main character in both of them is a guy exploring. They are also similar in setting because both happening basically in the woods at either nighttime or in the morning. The two poems both involve conflict. Lastly, both of the poems have a theme which are similar, they both simply say that whatever you do affects your life no matter whether it’s good or bad.
These two poems are different by their conflicts, themes, styles, significance of the time periods in which the poems were written and what was happening within those time periods. The conflict in the poem “The Road Not Taken” was that the guy couldn’t decide which path to take and the conflict in the poem “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowing

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