From his poem "The Mending Wall" to his poem "In a Disused Graveyard" he has shown several themes to his style of writing. ... In the poem "To E.T." ... In the beginning of the poem it seems to be a simple allege but after third line second stanza you realize that Frost tells about how his friend was a better soldier than a poet and because he has died he is remembered as both. ... We notice that his arrogance prevails even in a time of sadness and mourning to his best friend. ... The disappointment of the speaker is shown in line two when he expresses that he is "sorry He could not travel bo...

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Pulling a piece of paper out of his pocket the three poems he had read just the night before, Frost waved them in sedgwick's face and asked "are you sure you want to buy these poems?" ... The poem when printed in today's times, is a paraphrase of the original poem. ... He must decide but is remorseful as he states "And sorry I could not travel both". ... Once again at the end of the poem the traveler expresses regret. ... I wasn't thinking about myself there, but about a friend who had gone...

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The inspiration for "The Road Not Taken," by Robert Frost, came from Frost's frequent walks with his closest friend in England, Edward Thomas. ... More than once, on such occasions, Frost had teased his friend for those wasted regrets. ... As the title indicates the central theme of this poem is choices. ... In the poem there is never just one road to take. ... He must decide but is remorseful as he states "And sorry I could not travel both". ...

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In his celebrated poem "The Road Not Taken," Robert Frost describes the decision one makes when reaching a fork in the road. ... In the first stanza Frost writes: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth... ... " By structuring the stanza this way, and holding back this pivotal remark until the end, Frost contributes once again a sense of uncertainty and vagueness towards the poem. ... According to the Lawrance Thompson biography,Robert Fro...

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