... , the poem may convey more transcendental ideals and thus appearing to be understood on a literal level -- the positive side. In the first stanza, Frost is setting the scene and the mood by expressing the isolated local during a break in the travelers arduous journey; it is key to understand that this man does not want to be disturbed since he contentedly states ... the real contemplation. There are three stages of the poem in this interpretation: the contemplation, weighing the options, and the decision. Once again, using of the desolate local, to create the atmosphere, but this time it...

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