The speaker's journey has come to an end and he decides to return to the life
that he has always known. The speaker is afraid to venture out into the unknown.
Feelings of being confined to one's particular ‘role' and way of being evoke
emotions such as depression. In general, people live in fear of change. People
are afraid to take a chance even without some guarantee.
Beneath the apparent
simplicity of Frost's writings, lurks a hidden commentary on both the nature of
personality and the social/political state of society. Frost brings light to the
darker side of humanity in an extremely subtle way. Dark complexities are not
obvious on the surface, however they are hidden throughout his poems in the form
of symbols, imagery, and careful word choice. Frost's poetry acts as a metaphor
for life. Upon first glance things look nice and orderly, but once the surface
has been scratched the darker side becomes more apparent.
Bibliography
: Frost, Robert. Mending Wall. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Ed.
Julia Reidhead. 5th ed. 2 vols. New York: Norton, 1998. 1119. Frost, Robert.
Nothing Gold Can Stay. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Julia
Reidhead. 5th ed. 2 vols. New York: Norton, 1998. 1132. Frost, Robert. Stopping
by Woods on a Snowy Evening. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Ed.
Julia Reidhead. 5th ed. 2 vols. New York: Norton, 1998. 1133. Frost's Darker
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