"Frost may be a painter of charming postcard scenes and a front-porch philosopher dispensing consolation and cracker-barrel wisdom, but behind these stereotypes there is in Frost's work a tragic and a terrifying poet, whose deepest note is one of inevitable human isolation" (Literature Online). ... "Frost presents a classic conflict-the decision between the common easy path and the exceptional challenging path" (Choice are never easy). ... The poem The Road Not Taken has been labeled as the classic conflict of life's decisions, however, critics like Jay Parini feel complet...

• Word Count: 2122
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

They are described, for example, as "the light militia of lower sky" , an obvious reference to military formations that would have been a common feature of the classic epic genre. We see them also in their role as followers, Belinda's army, just as an epic hero would have his faithful servants we see how "To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, / We trust the important charge, the petticoat" . ...

• Word Count: 2068
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate