... the barriers which humans build and how they are continually isolating themselves from one another and having the need to set these barriers to keep others at arms length to create emotional distance. As illustrated by "And on a day we meet to walk the line / And set the wall between us once again. / We keep the wall between us as we ... the aspects of humans lives. An example of this is the line "Apples I didn't pick" where the apples are used to represent life's opportunities and experiences. The imagery furthermore the mood of the poem. This is illustrated by the use of the lines "Th...

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• Grade Level: High School

... , 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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• Grade Level: Undergraduate