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Robert Frost

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alaskadrifter
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Has anyone here actually read him much? If so what do you think about his writing style. Just doing a 5 page report do tomorrow for english and I want some other opinions.
May 22 2006 9:00PM
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AtomicTweaker
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some say the world will end in fire
some say in ice
but what ve tasted of desire
i say the orld will end in fire
but ice would suffice...i dunno...always knew that since i was a kid

but seriously, hes got some good stuff
May 22 2006 9:07PM
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Dr._TubesTied
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hes from my town. if that helps. (i think he is? Amherst Mass?)
May 22 2006 9:07PM
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flippintricker
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the only poem ive read is the path less travelled. it was pretty good. just expand on that.
May 22 2006 9:08PM
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AtomicTweaker
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i dont kno if hes from there, but he did teach at amherst and theres a building names after him
May 22 2006 9:11PM
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9o2mdkNamzz1_1
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I had to write an essay on his poem "Stay Gold"
May 22 2006 9:25PM
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Shadows
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stopping by the woods on a snowy evening
succ a good poem
May 22 2006 9:26PM
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traer
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two roads diverage in a wood and I, I took the one less traveled by and that has made all the difference..............good stuff!
May 22 2006 9:49PM
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TylerS
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^ I read that for English Yesterday.
May 22 2006 9:50PM
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skierdudeguy
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we read 2 poems by him. mending wall and stopping by woods on a snowy evening. actually, im not sure if mending wall was frost
May 22 2006 9:58PM
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skierdudeguy
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it was
May 22 2006 9:58PM
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DietCoke
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Frost is probably the single most misunderstood poet of the 20th century.

the path less travelled by is so misinterpreted that it makes me angry
May 22 2006 9:58PM
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JazzyJ
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supposedly stopping by woods is about comtemplating suicide, or just giving up.
May 22 2006 9:59PM
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DietCoke
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It is. just another example of frost being horribly misinterpreted.

ill look up some stuff on it and post.
May 22 2006 10:01PM
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skierdudeguy
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i figure its about an old man facing death. pretty much the same thing, giving up, seeing death as inviting, being tired. i feel it, i feel it.
May 22 2006 10:02PM
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traer
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It's ok don't be angry; bestow on us your wisdom so that we won't ever make you angry again, oh king interpreter.
May 22 2006 10:03PM
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skiermw
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pretty good
May 22 2006 10:06PM
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skiermw
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haha go point, dietcoke or wahtever your name is, who are you to say he is misunderstood, unless you personaly talked to him about his own meaning and purpose for writing some of his poems, one of the biggests aspects of poetry is that each poem has its own meaning to certain people
May 22 2006 10:10PM
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skiermw
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that comment could be misleading
May 22 2006 10:11PM
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DietCoke
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this is what people think of when they think about the road not taken:

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference." Sounds like a proud cry for individuality, right?

they seem to forget the other parts of the poem though such as:

"I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence" and "TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both" Yeah, far different interpretation...
May 22 2006 10:32PM
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alaskadrifter
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yah thats basically what im doing
May 23 2006 12:49AM
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[~_~]
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Isn't Robert Frost that fat guy with the annoying voice who shoots confetti all the time? The guy in the beginning of the Bloodhound Gang CD?
May 23 2006 12:53AM
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freestyler540
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Remember Frost always begings in a vast natural environment. Then, he usually dwels on the loneyness of the world, nature and himself.
May 23 2006 12:53AM
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brokebutitsworthit
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^Like most romantic poets.
May 23 2006 1:00AM
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alaskadrifter
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ive read that hes romantic, and ive read that hes not
May 23 2006 2:18AM
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alaskadrifter
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ive read that he is romantic, and that hes not
May 23 2006 2:18AM
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alaskadrifter
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ive read that he is romantic, and that hes not
May 23 2006 2:19AM
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KapitolPhoto
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He's consider a modernist purely because of his position within the time frame that he was writing...and as such has been heavily anthologized as a modernist while still holding onto romantic tendencies and traditions.
May 23 2006 1:19PM
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brokebutitsworthit
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^What he said, if he lived in the romantic era, he would be a romantic.
May 24 2006 2:01AM
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dman1260
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for IB, i had to do a 10 minute reading and analysis of mending wall into a tape recording in a one on one setting with my teacher. Worst ten minutes of my life.
May 24 2006 2:12AM
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Danger.
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i'm doing the same thing, except on Ginsberg.
May 24 2006 2:42AM
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skierdudeguy
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youre in IB? you poor soul... well, until you get accepted into every college anywhere.
May 24 2006 7:24PM
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