Two paragraphs of the explanation are read as “a metaphorical gloss of the poem” (Eisiminger 114). Moreover, to make sure that all the readers who are interested in Frost’s poetry get the correct vision of this piece of writing, he writes the explanation in prose “The Constant Symbol” and publishes it in the Atlantic Monthly. In a letter to Miss Yates in April, 1925, Frost says that the final words are rather puzzling for the reader as trying to tease the audience the writer creates an impression that the author is sorry for the life he has lived, however, this is not really so (in Finger 478).
Frost tries to make sure that his poem is correctly understood and writes many letters to critics and even publishes a poem.
Many critics tried to connect Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” with his personal life, searching for the most incredible issues there, however, according to Frost, who tried to explain the poem himself, it was rather complicated from what it was seen from the first sight. Therefore, Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” is the interpretation of the author’s vision of a youth, middle age and an older age of a person who makes decisions, stating that youth and older age are the most emotional periods while during the middle age people are the most reasonable in their choices. Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” is the presentation of human consideration of life paths from different perspectives depending on the age of a person.
There are a lot of different interpretations of Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” that it is easy to appear in the situation that one cannot understand what the poems are about.Īt the same time, having read several interpretations, it is possible to consider the ideas which are more relevant to the theme the author wanted to deliver. Creating the masterpieces of literature, this person could not even imagine that his creativity is going to be so touching and impressive. Robert Frost is a prominent poet of his time.
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