The Frosty Road
Robert Lee Frost was an American poet whose most famous works include descriptions of the American rural scenes and life. Frost is best known for using rural scenes to examine political and social issues of his day. All of Frost’s works include vivid detail of the rural scenery from New England. Many read Frost’s work and only take his words for face value, and not the philosophical usage with in each of these poems. An example of the values distilled within Frost’s poems is in, The Road Not Taken.
Frost’s use of scenery can be seen throughout his career as a poet. The visual stimulation within The Road Not Taken includes, the description of the scene set forth. You come upon a fork in the road and what do you see? Two paths each “grassy” and where “no step had trodden black”, so imagine these two paths bent in “overgrowth”; which do …show more content…
He uses the beautiful New England Forest to show deep philosophical meanings. “The most complex notions in the world can be presented in a simple, immediate way, and can have a primary effect on the reader” says Muldoon. These complex meanings show through in “The Road Not Taken”. To be completely capable to interpret this poem one must know Robert Frost. Throughout his life he was plagued by mental illness. Not only did Robert suffer from depression but so did his wife, mother, and aunt. While still early in life, he committed his sister to an insane asylum where she died and watch four out of six children die. So one could see how Frost had become acquainted with the “night”. As author John T. Ogilvie conveys “The poet takes “the road less traveled by,” the lonelier road, which, we can presume leads deeper in the woods… The woods impose a stern isolation”. I believe that Ogilvie says that Frost is using the poem to convey the idea that he is trying to isolate himself, because of all the unfortunate events that happen throughout his
Robert Lee Frost was an American poet whose most famous works include descriptions of the American rural scenes and life. Frost is best known for using rural scenes to examine political and social issues of his day. All of Frost’s works include vivid detail of the rural scenery from New England. Many read Frost’s work and only take his words for face value, and not the philosophical usage with in each of these poems. An example of the values distilled within Frost’s poems is in, The Road Not Taken.
Frost’s use of scenery can be seen throughout his career as a poet. The visual stimulation within The Road Not Taken includes, the description of the scene set forth. You come upon a fork in the road and what do you see? Two paths each “grassy” and where “no step had trodden black”, so imagine these two paths bent in “overgrowth”; which do …show more content…
He uses the beautiful New England Forest to show deep philosophical meanings. “The most complex notions in the world can be presented in a simple, immediate way, and can have a primary effect on the reader” says Muldoon. These complex meanings show through in “The Road Not Taken”. To be completely capable to interpret this poem one must know Robert Frost. Throughout his life he was plagued by mental illness. Not only did Robert suffer from depression but so did his wife, mother, and aunt. While still early in life, he committed his sister to an insane asylum where she died and watch four out of six children die. So one could see how Frost had become acquainted with the “night”. As author John T. Ogilvie conveys “The poet takes “the road less traveled by,” the lonelier road, which, we can presume leads deeper in the woods… The woods impose a stern isolation”. I believe that Ogilvie says that Frost is using the poem to convey the idea that he is trying to isolate himself, because of all the unfortunate events that happen throughout his