Robert Frost became one of the most recognized and remarkable poets during the nineteenth century. Throughout his life, Frost faced many emotional conflicts in his childhood, with relationships, his everyday life, and so forth. These aspects of his life and the reflection of his country influenced his passion for writing. Through his writing, Frost had one main objective, and that was “...to reach out to all sorts and kinds” (Frost, Voices and Visions). Although he wanted the people who read his poems to connect with them, many people didn’t approve of his work. In his hometown, his writing wasn’t fully accepted, but it didn’t stop him from pursuing his dream. Frost decided to sell his farm and moved to England, where he planned to enjoy “time for himself up to three years” (Voices and Visions). During these years, he wrote many poems that included figurative …show more content…
He integrated nature imagery throughout his poems and included people in them, but many people misunderstand the usage of nature in his work and he makes it clear that “he is not a nature poet. There is almost always a person in my poems” (Frost and Nature). Through figurative language, Frost used specific nature imagery and symbolism in “The Road Less Traveled” and “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” to develop the theme of the journey of life. The poem, “The Road Not Taken” contains a variety of nature imagery and symbolism. In the video clip, Voices and Visions, Jan Marsh mentions that “The Road Not Taken was written for one of Frost’s close friends, Edward Thomas. Thomas becomes the speaker of this free verse poem. This poem talks about the inner conflicts Thomas faced when taking any type of decision. Frost mentions that he noticed many traits in Thomas, but the biggest one was that he always had a “melancholy about everything” (Frost, Voices and Visions). There are a variety of symbols in the poem about setting and choices. In line one, the “yellow wood” infers that the