Compare Essay Aquainted with the Night and A Road Not...

ENG-102 27 February 2012 The poems that I have decided to write about are, â€Å"Acquaint With The Night†, and â€Å"A Road Not Taken†, by Robert Frost. Frost was exposed to literature from an early age both of his parents were teachers. He started writing at the age of fifteen; he admired writers such as William Shakespeare, Robert Buras, and William Wordsworth. (Spencer and Chris) I believe that Frost wrote â€Å"Acquaint With The Night† because it was during a time of depression just after the stock market crash in 1929, unemployment peeked and a lot of people lost everything, it was a time of darkness, I believe that this is why he wrote it and has a lot to do with the unhappy tone of the poem. â€Å"The Road Not Taken† Robert Frost himself states â€Å"One†¦show more content†¦Another example ‘I have looked down the saddest city lane’. Frost clearly uses the word sad in that line in which I believe he is describing a sorrowful moment in his life. Frost out walks the furthest city lights, I felt depressed, almost as if he meant there is no light or hope for happiness. These are examples that I found to describe the tone Frost was trying to show in the poem. Frost used several different words in the poem as metaphors because they were used to describe something else. For example rain, was used for the meaning of sadness or sorrow. Night, was used for describing depression or loneliness. Luminary clock, represented the light of the moon. The watchmen, I believe meant for judgment within himself. Light, represented hope. Putting meaning to the metaphors that Frost used helps you to really get a better understanding of the poem. The tone in the poem â€Å"The Road Not Taken† I felt was feeling alone and a little sad. For example in the poem it states ‘Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and sorry I could not travel both† The author is describing having to make a decision and no matter what it has to be made and you can only take one route. This shows a sign of sadness because he can’t take both routs and he doesn’t know if the one he takes is the right one. A line in the poem says ‘I shall be telling this with a sigh’ like he knows this is a decision that