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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
Borrowed this from my local library because I wanted to read my favorite poem by Mr Frost, The Road Not Taken. I absolutely love this poem, It's like my motto I try to live by. Anyways..I enjoyed this quick read and found a couple other poems to add to my collection. ( The four starts is for that poem alone hahaha )
idk capaz no era el mejor momento para leer esto
Robert Frost is about the only poetry I can handle. The Road Not Taken is my favorite poem ever.
~ 4.5 stars ~
after reading the biography of robert frost, i feel more connected to every poem of his i now encounter. he had a tough life (the making of a great poet), while silmaltenously living the best life he could.
it was in english class i read my first robert frost poem: 'the road not taken'. at first, i didn't understand the poem. or maybe i did, but thought perhaps i understood it wrong. whereas my professor found the poem comforting and optimistic, i found it brutally honest and sad. i didn't realize at the time that one single poem can have infinite interpretations and several reasons why people relate to it.
this intrigued me. i spent hours and hours researching 'the road not taken' and other selected poems by robert frost. i found multiple analyzations of 'the road not taken' and studied each one carefully. my research brought me edward thomas, a great friend of robert frost, and their story as close companions.
knowing the basis of 'the road not taken' altered how i perceived the poem. i believe it is about indecisiveness and second-guessing yourself always; never being happy with the choices you made, but convincing yourself you made the right one regardless.
whatever your thoughts on the poem itself, i'm sure we can all agree it makes you feel something. whether it brings you joy or sadness, 'the road not taken' will make your heart sigh.
after reading the biography of robert frost, i feel more connected to every poem of his i now encounter. he had a tough life (the making of a great poet), while silmaltenously living the best life he could.
it was in english class i read my first robert frost poem: 'the road not taken'. at first, i didn't understand the poem. or maybe i did, but thought perhaps i understood it wrong. whereas my professor found the poem comforting and optimistic, i found it brutally honest and sad. i didn't realize at the time that one single poem can have infinite interpretations and several reasons why people relate to it.
this intrigued me. i spent hours and hours researching 'the road not taken' and other selected poems by robert frost. i found multiple analyzations of 'the road not taken' and studied each one carefully. my research brought me edward thomas, a great friend of robert frost, and their story as close companions.
knowing the basis of 'the road not taken' altered how i perceived the poem. i believe it is about indecisiveness and second-guessing yourself always; never being happy with the choices you made, but convincing yourself you made the right one regardless.
whatever your thoughts on the poem itself, i'm sure we can all agree it makes you feel something. whether it brings you joy or sadness, 'the road not taken' will make your heart sigh.
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reflective
medium-paced
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the title poem was amazing but the rest felt a bit lacklustre and unmemorable, maybe it just wasn't my thing
Making a list of my favorites for my future self, with stars for the ones I want to memorize:
“Into My Own”*
“A Late Walk”
“Wind and Window Flower”
“Flower-Gathering”
“Revelation”*
“The Tuft of Flowers”
“Reluctance”*
“Home Burial”
“The Road Not Taken” (of course)
“The Impulse”
“The Bonfire”
“The Exposed Nest”
“Out, Out—”
“The Sound of the Trees”*
This picture book is based on the poem by Robert Frost. The illustrations are beautiful and match the story of poem. This would be a good book to read to upper elementary children during poetry month or to introduce Robert Frost.
The kindle formatting was a little wonky, but the content was as great as you'd expect. It contains several dramatic dialogs that I hadn't read before, and were very good.