... wood. The two roads represent a decision. Do you travel one journey or the other? The yellow wood to me means that it is getting towards the autumn of the day. Meaning that the decision can't be put off much longer. He then describes being sorry he could not travel both. We often have decision that we ... the second path as well, studying all possible decisions closely. The second path appears to be slightly less used. The path is grown up with grass and has not had as much wear as the other. Both paths appear appealing to him even though one is in better condition. He gives a little for...

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... merely the setting. It is described as a "yellow wood". This is obviously fall. I can see the orange, yellow and red leaves, lying all around. The gray/brown bark of the trees where the leaves are already fallen. The bright plumes where they have not. The trees also hide the road as it passes from sight around the ... He does not go into great detail describing them, leaving that to the readers imagination. He merely describes them as "lovely, dark and deep". This lack of detail is to help us focus not so much on all the things that are there, as the things that aren't. He mentions that t...

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... "A snow-drop spider, a flower like a froth, And dead wings carried like a paper kite." Snow-drops are associated with the innocence of childhood, and they're supposed to be light and effervescent, but instead they just seem cold and icy when describing the spider. Flowers are beautiful and ... supposed to be light and cleansing. With mentions of "death and blight" and "of a witches' broth," the reader would expect a sunset or Halloween-night setting, but instead, the scene is just before dawn (4&6). There are probably dew drops on the grass around him, symbolizing regrowth and rejuvenat...

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... Peace by John Knowles and the poem titled " Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost are both very interesting and similar pieces of literature. Both of these authors explore the idea that something can not always be perfect. This idea is present in both works by these two great authors. This ... message that not everything is perfect. In A Separate Peace by John Knowles the story is told through the perspective of Gene, the main character who let jealousy get in the way of his somewhat perfect friendship, and his experiences at the Devon School for boys in New England during World War ll ...

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... break the usual rules, to surprise a reader and evoke a response. The new has to be seen in contrast to the old, and also poems depend upon a reader's depth of knowledge of poetic practices, because although poets write down words it could mean something totally different. The first poetry was recorded in about 3000 B.C. Some come from Assyro-Babylonia, Sumerian, and ... humanity. Whitman breaks with the traditional poetic concerns, his style exerted a major influence on American thought and literature. In 1855 Walt Whitman issued the first of his many editions of "Leaves of Grass" a vol...

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