Analysis Of Robert Frost s `` Stopping By Woods On A...

Robert Frost was an American poet born on March 26, 1874. Living to the age of eighty eight, Frost was able to become an accomplished poet in his lifetime, creating beautiful works of art through his words. In many of his poems one can find similar themes that discuss intense feelings and ideas about isolation and loneliness in one’s life, such as in â€Å"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening† and â€Å"Mending Wall†. Each of the following poems discussed will demonstrate that throughout Robert Frost’s poetry one can find an overarching theme of loneliness and isolation for the speaker. As the case with many writers, their inspiration and shared themes between works can be related back to their life events and struggles. In the case of Robert Frost this rings true. â€Å"Born in San Francisco, his mother suffered from broken family and depression, and his father was an alcoholic. (Brown). In addition to this: â€Å"because his father was a violent drun k, Frost as a child witnessed the fury and rage of his father on a regular basis†¦ [to a point where] William became brutal, smashing furniture and yelling. It was not an unusual occurrence for Isabelle to run into the streets with her children to find refuge in the home of a neighbor† (Dreese). These factors could play a key role to the themes of isolation and loneliness in his poetry because they directly reflect the life events of Frost. Growing up with a violent and alcoholic father along with a depressed mother could not be easyShow MoreRelatedRobert Frost : A New England Poet3698 Words   |  15 PagesRobert Lee Frost Known for being a New England poet Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, California on March 26th, 1874. Born to a New England father William Prescott Frost Jr. and a Scottish mother Isabelle Moodie who moved to the west coast from Pennsylvania after marriage (Bailey). Both his parents were teachers and poets themselves, but his father later became a journalist with the San Francisco Evening Bulletin (Bailey). Frost spent 12 years of his life growing up in San Francisco, until