Compare and contrast two shorter Frost poems in relation to:
             Neither Out Far nor In Deep and There Are Roughly Zones are two of Frost's shorter poems that use different styles and techniques to look at similar themes. The former is something of a social commentary, focusing on conformity and man's isolation from nature, while the latter is a narrative looking at man's limits and lack of power over nature.
             Neither Out Far Nor In Deep uses the setting of a beach as a way of characterising the people in the poem. The sand they are standing on represents the shallowness of their thought, as they 'all turn and look one way'. However they also 'turn their back on the land' and 'look at the sea all day', showing that though they may resent this and would like to have the depth of knowledge found in the deeper water, their own sense of mass conformity and confinement stops them from making the effort. This desire is so strong that they may even be ignoring the truth that is in front of them, as they stay fixed on the sea 'wherever the truth may be'. There Are Rougly Zones takes place in the very different landscape of a house during a storm. However the first line 'we sit indoors and talk of the cold outside' shows us that inside the house and outside in the garden may have the same metaphorical meanings as the sand and the sea in Neither out Far. The speaker continues to deliberate why man refuses to accept that 'there are roughly zones whose laws must be obeyed', and instead believes that 'to no limits and bounds he can stay confined'. The planting of the peach tree in a northern climate is an example of this longing to have some power over nature by going against what is expected. Despite this wish for knowledge and depth, the people remain sitting inside, isolating themselves from nature and accepting that 'there is nothing much...