Robert Frost

Robert Frost is perhaps one of my favorite poets that I have discovered in my education thus far. His nature themed poems with a dark edge to many delight my senses. If I had to pick a favorite it would definitely be "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". I love this poem because of it's wonderful imagery. I recall when I was a kid sitting in the doctor’s office when I saw a painting of a man in the woods with a horse on a snowy evening. I often imagine the man from the poem to be the same man in the painting. I often think about Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken". I guess it's due to the fact that I am often second guessing myself. I love the imagery in this poem as well. I also like the fact that Frost leaves the reader guessing whether the road one takes truly matters. It also makes me think a bit about fate and whether or not it exists. “ Mending Wall” is another of Frost’s poems that I really enjoyed. I think the wall is symbolizing protection for the neighbor while it is prison for the other narrator. The wall stops the narrator from feeling complete freedom. The poem “After Apple-Picking” suggests more than just a tired old men exhausted from a day of picking apple. If one looks deeper into the poem the imagery such as the ladder on the ground , the half-filled barrels, and the narrators thoughts at the end of the poem suggests that the man questions whether what he is feeling is normal. The imagery shows a darker scene instead of simply an old man picking apples. It takes a lot of rereading for me to truly point out the imagery and the underlying meaning of Robert Frost’s poetry but it’s worth it.