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On “The Road Not Taken”
July 5, 2003
POEM ANALYSIS:On “The Road Not Taken”
American poet, Robert Frost, published On “The Road Not Taken,” in 1915. This is the poem I have chosen to analyze for this class, written when the poet was approximately 40 years old.
Frost was influenced by the way of the times. Historically, world unrest was prevalent in 1915. For the first time ever, many countries around the world were at war. World War I has just begun, fueled when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. In the U.S., civil rights for blacks continued to grow. During that year, 10,000 blacks march in New York City protesting lynching. The industrial revolution was growing by leaps and bounds; the Ford Motor Company manufactures its one millionth T automobile. And, Alexander Graham Bell in New York calls Thomas Watson in San Francisco in 1915.
Frost, in this lyrical poem introduces the central theme, the dilemma man faces when forced to make a difficult choice and the related co...
July 5, 2003
POEM ANALYSIS:On “The Road Not Taken”
American poet, Robert Frost, published On “The Road Not Taken,” in 1915. This is the poem I have chosen to analyze for this class, written when the poet was approximately 40 years old.
Frost was influenced by the way of the times. Historically, world unrest was prevalent in 1915. For the first time ever, many countries around the world were at war. World War I has just begun, fueled when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. In the U.S., civil rights for blacks continued to grow. During that year, 10,000 blacks march in New York City protesting lynching. The industrial revolution was growing by leaps and bounds; the Ford Motor Company manufactures its one millionth T automobile. And, Alexander Graham Bell in New York calls Thomas Watson in San Francisco in 1915.
Frost, in this lyrical poem introduces the central theme, the dilemma man faces when forced to make a difficult choice and the related co...
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