In Frosts poem ‘Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening’ (Literature and Its Writers, 807), Frost writes about an experience in the first person, of a man on a journey, who stops by a some woods. He comments on how he knows the man who owns them, but how the person lives in the town, and wont see him. He also mentions that the woods are filling up with snow "To watch his woods, fill up with snow" (807). So far, there is woods, and snow. In the next stanza, he mentions a frozen lake, and that it is the darkest night of the year. Now we have a lake, and the dark night sky. The next stanza mentions sounds, and how the only two he hears are his horses’ reigns,

Frost never gave the reader much of a sense of closure in either of these poems. In the first, we never get a sense of the man sees his woods, his afterlife, only that he does see them, and acknowledges that he will one day wind up in those very woods. In the second, we aren’t told how the man feels about his life after taking the road less traveled, only that it made a profound difference on his life. Frost might feel most comfortable using nature, because it is constantly changing, much like emotion and feelings constantly do. There is a sense of unknown in nature that’s echoed in the human emotion. They both can change rapidly; have ups and downs, seasons in a sense. Frost very well captures these emotions and transfers them into nature, so that everyone, young and old, can relate.

In Robert Frosts America, an article written by Edward Van Doren, he says that "(Frosts pomes) are the work of a man who has never stopped exploring himself--or, if you like, America, or better yet, the world." Exploring is the very core of the meaning in "The Road Less Traveled." It is all about a man exploring not only the woods, but himself, and his life. He is exploring the possibilities each path of life has for him, and what surprises each has in store. He continues on "Frost is more and more read, by old readers and by young, because in this crucial and natural sense he has so much to say. He is a generous poet." Frost poems speak volumes to readers with their portraits of nature. By reading poems like "The Road Less Traveled", the reader can get a sense of being in a forest, lost, not knowing which way to go. They can actually see the lush greenery and looming trees that the man in the poem does.

Once again, Frost uses a forest as a sense of mystery, and the unknown as a way to more easily relate to the reader Frosts meaning. The man in the story is a crossroads in his life, both literally and figuratively. He can only see so far ahead either path, so he doesn’t know exactly what to expect from either one. His only clue as to what is in each path, is the number of people who have traveled on them. The man can see one is a clear path, while the other, is grassy, with very little wear. The way Frost describes it, as "wanting wear" almost gives away which path the man will choose. The man also mentions that no matter what path he chooses, he’ll inevitably be faced with this same problem down the road again. Its clear to see that the Forest itself represents the mans life, and the paths are his different choices in life. He can what other people have done, and realizes that he can either go with the crow

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