After his father passed away, Frost moved to New England when he was eleven years old and promptly became interested in reading and writing poetry. He briefly attended Dartmouth and Harvard colleges but did not earn a degree. In the early 1890's, he worked in New England as a farmer, an editor, and a schoolteacher, however his career as a poet never blossomed as he had hoped it to until he moved with his wife, Elinor White, to London in 1912. There, he was introduced to contemporary British poets such as Edward Thomas, Rupert Brooke, and Robert Graves, who influenced his work greatly. Other influences of

Roads have long fascinated people, whether as metaphors for life, change, journeys or parting, and in this poem the roads are believed to be metaphors for choices, or decisions. Thematically, this poem argues that no matter how small a decision is, that decision will affect a person’s life forever. There are a multitude of meanings hidden below the surface – the main one referring to Frosts’ own life, and the decisions he had had to make. Once again Frost uses simple language to convey a gloomy tone/mood, using words such as ‘sorry’ and ‘sigh’.

his work were of course the nature of his homeland, in New England, and his wife Elinor, who was more of an inspiration than an influence.

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