When examining the works of Robert Frost the reader can see the use of meaningless things to prove that nothing in meaningless like in the poem “Desert Places”. In “Desert Places”, a mine realizes the loneliness of a snowy field and also within himself. The theme of life’s choices being everything is also very obvious in such poems like “The Road Less Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”. “The Road Less Taken” is a man looking back on the roads he has taken in his life.
“Desert Places” uses the snow-covered field as a symbol for loneliness and meaninglessness. The tone of this poem is very bleak. The character in this poem is afraid of himself and his emptiness. He is a very round character. He realizes that the snowy field and its animals will not get in his way and that he mus
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The darkness could also symbolize meaninglessness and how it is all around. His choice “has made all the difference”(line 20). Spring is a time of life and winter the time of death. The narrator, using first person, seems to welcome death because of his extreme loneliness. The narrator is a dynamic character as well. This character is not afraid of the strange.
“The Road Not Taken” also follows the theme of death however it is narrated in the tone of accomplishment. The reader can make this poem their own by simply applying it to their lives. Heath Anthology of American Literature. The narrator makes the realization the he must continue living, much like “Desert Places”. This is very similar to “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”.
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