Robert Frost

ROBERT FROST In most of Robert Frost’s poems he speaks of situations occurring in rural settings, as in “The Road Not Taken” (DiYanni 513) and “The Tuft of Flowers” (DiYanni 667-668). These, like most of his poems, are in the style of conversation. Although this helps to make him seem “natural,” it is not a very effective form in poetry; we do not understand complicated matters “naturally.” “Conversation is the most careless and formless of …

…how things could have been had we made different decisions. We can only accept what has become of ourselves and continue to make what we feel to be the best decisions. WORKS CITED DiYanni, Robert, ed. Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 1998. Frost, Robert. “The Tuft of Flowers.” DiYanni 667-668. - - - -. “The Road Not Taken.” DiYanni 513. Winters, Yvor. “Robert Frost: Or, the Spiritual Drifter as Poet.” DiYanni 665-666.