“ I am not a teacher, but an awakener”, Robert Frost once said. Frost dropped out of college, but still managed to become one of the most successful poetry writers in history. Frost's life was very tragic; he outlived four of his six children. No one has matched Frost’s Pulitzer prize record. Frost was a fantastic talent to put the right words in the right places to make beautiful, nice flowing poems.
“ In three word` can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on” (Poem Hunter). Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26, 1874, in San Francisco, California. At the young age of 11, Frost’s world was turned upside down with the death of his father. Due to finances, Frost, his mother, and his sister moved to Massachusetts to live with …show more content…
Frost uses alliteration in the poem “Mending walls” in the line, “ Before I built a wall I’d ask to know what I was walling in or walling out("Mending Wall"). Frost also uses metaphors in “The Silken Tent” in the line, “ By countless silken ties of love and thought”. Frost uses many examples of life and death; one example would be, “ and miles to go before I sleep”. This line could mean that Frost has many years to go before he dies. Frost was mainly influenced by many contemporary poets such Edward Thomas and many more. Frost first started writing for his wife, but after started writing more because of the people who influenced him. Frost has an elegant way of writing poems by using the best poetry devices with the best …show more content…
This poem’s situation is where Frost has to make a decision in his life and no matter which one he picks it will affect his life. The poem starts off with Frost at the beginning of two paths; one has been traveled on many times the other has not. What Frost is saying is that one of the routes is easy and the other is cluttered with obstacles that make it difficult. As Frost examines the two paths, he states “then took the other, as just as fair”. Frost believes that both paths have fair and equal opportunities. Frost uses a simple rhyme scheme with each stanza having five lines. Line one, three, four rhyme in every stanza and line two and five rhyme in every stanza. Frost uses imagery when he says, “ I shall be telling this with a sigh”(. Frost hints at regret that he picked the path he did and wishes he picked the other one. One of the most important lines in this poem is, “ And that has made all the difference”. This poem says that no matter what your life will be affected by everything you do, negative or positive will affect you. In conclusion, the reason of this poem is to express the amount one decision can affect your
“ In three word` can sum up everything I've learned about life: It goes on” (Poem Hunter). Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26, 1874, in San Francisco, California. At the young age of 11, Frost’s world was turned upside down with the death of his father. Due to finances, Frost, his mother, and his sister moved to Massachusetts to live with …show more content…
Frost uses alliteration in the poem “Mending walls” in the line, “ Before I built a wall I’d ask to know what I was walling in or walling out("Mending Wall"). Frost also uses metaphors in “The Silken Tent” in the line, “ By countless silken ties of love and thought”. Frost uses many examples of life and death; one example would be, “ and miles to go before I sleep”. This line could mean that Frost has many years to go before he dies. Frost was mainly influenced by many contemporary poets such Edward Thomas and many more. Frost first started writing for his wife, but after started writing more because of the people who influenced him. Frost has an elegant way of writing poems by using the best poetry devices with the best …show more content…
This poem’s situation is where Frost has to make a decision in his life and no matter which one he picks it will affect his life. The poem starts off with Frost at the beginning of two paths; one has been traveled on many times the other has not. What Frost is saying is that one of the routes is easy and the other is cluttered with obstacles that make it difficult. As Frost examines the two paths, he states “then took the other, as just as fair”. Frost believes that both paths have fair and equal opportunities. Frost uses a simple rhyme scheme with each stanza having five lines. Line one, three, four rhyme in every stanza and line two and five rhyme in every stanza. Frost uses imagery when he says, “ I shall be telling this with a sigh”(. Frost hints at regret that he picked the path he did and wishes he picked the other one. One of the most important lines in this poem is, “ And that has made all the difference”. This poem says that no matter what your life will be affected by everything you do, negative or positive will affect you. In conclusion, the reason of this poem is to express the amount one decision can affect your