Robert Frost

The human race is infamous for putting up barriers. Society began to master the art of shutting people out centuries ago, both physically and mentally. Yet no person truly enjoys being on his or her own. This conflicting idea/image at the core of Robert Frost’s 1914 poem, “Mending Wall,” is striking: two neighbors come together to build a barrier between them yet also display a sense of respect and neighborliness towards one another. They make this wall out of custom, out of habit. This pattern…

like people in today's world Robert Frost struggled to fit into society and cope with his struggles in a sane way. If you were to look at all of his accomplishments and awards you wouldn’t think he was depressed but critics and his poems prove otherwise. As you read any of Frost’s poems even his famous ones, they will show his mental struggles or life struggles. In his poem Acquainted with the night Frost writes “I have walked down the saddest city lane” (Frost). Frost had many struggles in his…

While reading Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall”, I find myself curious to understand the greater meaning behind the poem. What does this wall represent? Why does the narrator act as he does? Thorough analysis of rhetoric, form, purpose, diction, and syntax reveals possible implied themes such as requiring boundaries for prosperous relationships and linking futile and persistent acts of barrier-building to the segregation that was contemporaneous to Frost’s composition of this poem. Furthermore,…

Whenever something in our life seems to be going well, it often comes to an end or change. Robert Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is a poem that initially is thought to be about nature, and how it's beauty succumbs to an end for an unknown-exact reason. There are a couple ways to view the central meaning of this poem; the idea that nothing good will last forever. A pessimistic, yet reasonable view of this poem is that every positive condition in one's life will come to an end at some point. An…

Robert Frost said, “Freedom lies in being bold.” (Brainy Quote 22)He quickly became one of the most well-known, most celebrated, and most loved poets in the world. His poems tell in detail from the point of view of the average simplistic farmer. Rejection was often a record that would play in the radio of his life. Breaking through what is usual for poets to create. Robert Frost changed the face of American literature, by stepping outside of what is traditional. Robert Lee Frost was born in San…

Stopping By The Woods On A Snowy Evening by Robert Frost Frost’s “Stopping by Woods” is a classic worshipped for it’s perfect structure of iambic tetrameter and lead rhymes, telling a tale of a horseback traveler trotting through an awe-inspiring wood at night on his way to a destination far away. However, this simple interpretation can be only derived from a first glance of the poem; after constant read through in trying to discover a deeper meaning, complexity is discovered in the story as…

Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” can be used as a tool to lead different people with different backgrounds to Jesus. In the poem “The Road Not Taken” is about a person who comes a pound two paths in the woods. He or she becomes faced with a decision of whether to choose one or the other. He goes on to describe one of the paths. He describes one as being as being better. He says, “Then took the other, as just as fair, and having perhaps the better claim” (Frost, The Road Not Taken). He…

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,…

Thawing Wind” The wind in the poem is symbolic of the speaker’s somewhat cold isolation. A flower sprouting represents bringing love and care into the world or one's life, which is what the speaker needs most. Last Two Lines: The speaker is Robert Frost, who needs a break from the outside world, and has this break by writing this poem. “A Prayer in Spring” Theme: How G-d expresses love and trust G-d for guidance Stanzas 1-2: describes how a prayer to G-d for happiness is a reminder that…

People were expressing themselves more freely and enjoying life. During the year 1928, Robert Frost wrote a poem titled, “Acquainted with the Night.” From the title we can guess that Frost enjoyed partaking in the festivities of The Roaring Twenties. Maybe he enjoyed going out to socialize with a drink in hand, but unfortunately that is far from the truth. “Acquainted with the Night” is a work that depicts Robert Frost’s depression and loneliness. Beginning with the title, we can tell…