Robert Peary

Robert Frost wrote “The Road Not Taken” as a joke for a friend, the poet Edward Thomas. When they went walking together, Thomas was chronically indecisive about which road they ought to take and—in retrospect—often lamented that they should, in fact, have taken the other one. Soon after writing the poem in 1915, Frost griped to Thomas that he had read the poem to an audience of college students and that it had been “taken pretty seriously … despite doing my best to make it obvious by my manner…

In 1916, the poet Robert Frost published the iconic poem “The Road Not Taken” to the world. This poem is written in a first person perspective and it begins with a person explaining to the reader that they have come to a halt in the road. The road had forked into two separate roads, each going into two different directions. The person was unsure on which path they should choose, so they decided to figure out where they each went. According to the speaker, one of the roads had nicer grass and the…

The thought that first surfaces from Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" is that one has not made the correct choice by choosing a certain path, and the juxtaposition of good qualities between two roads. The poem creates an impossible decision between two seemingly similar roads that lead separate ways, leaving a traveler unknowing of where it will end up, and that one may perhaps be more favorable. The reality of the poem is that there is no right choice in which path is taken. The poem's…

Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874, in San Francisco, California. He stayed in California for the first twelve years of his life until his father, William Frost Jr., died of tuberculosis. After his father had died, his mother moved their family to Lawrence, Massachusetts to live with his grandparents. Frost attended Lawrence High School where he met his future wife, Elinor. Frost attended Dartmouth for a few months after high school before returning home to help support his family. He…

Sitting in 10th hour, counting down the seconds until schools finally over and it's summer. Everyone starts counting down, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and then the last thing everyone screams is “SUMMER!!” I got that sudden feeling of joy rumbling around in my stomach. It was finally summer, the time where I could do whatever I wanted to without any dumb school rules that I had to deal with everyday. I am Emily if you were wondering. My favorite color is purple and I am a normal girl who loves to tan and…

Sunday’s in the winter special to you? Well, in the poem “Those Winter Sundays”, written by Robert Hayden, he writes about a special memory he has of his father when he was a kid on a wintery Sunday. The memory starts out regarding how his father would wake up early on winter mornings, on all days of the week. His father would get the house ready for the day before everyone else woke up. Years later when Robert is all grown up, he feels guilty for never thanking his father for all that he did…

Arthur Meighen Arthur Meighen, born June 16, 1874, Anderson, Ontario, was an intelligent and well-educated man. He was an important figure to Canada. He contributed to Canada in many ways, Prime minister, lawyer and an academic model to Canada. To begin with, Arthur Meighen served as a great politician to Canada. He served two terms as the P.M the first time he was the ninth P.M of Canada after he took over Borden’s mandate from 1920-1921. Arthur didn’t make many changes as a Prime Minster.…

Browning creates the impression that love is a destructive force. The narrator kills Porphyria because of his love for her, commenting how her devotion ‘made my heart swell’ so he ‘wound’ her hair around her throat and ‘strangled her’. Literally, the narrator means he was overcome by his adoration for Porphyria and decided to show that by ending her life, as well as how Porphyria’s sincere confession has gotten her killed. These acts of love both clearly show how disastrous love can be.…

Robert Frost, the biography of a great mind. Robert Frost was a leading American poet in the 20th - century poets and a four time winner of the Pulitzer Prize (Brit Encyclopedia 12). He actually became a celebrity in his time, and our nearly official poet of the white house. Though his work is Principally connected to New England and he used traditional poetry, his poetry was and is anything but traditional. Robert Frost changed America’s views on poetry by introducing many new types…

Robert Frost (1874 - 1963) was born in San Francisco. He was a teacher, writer, and poet and was primarily influenced by daily events. He is a modernist. During World War I, he met Edward Thomas. This was when Frost came up with The Road Not Taken. Frost and Thomas developed a strong friendship. They planned to live side by side while teaching, writing and farming together. Thomas, then, had an important decision to make. He needed to decide between going with Frost or fighting in France. The…