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    <title>Robert Frost Group at eNotes</title>
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    <description>The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the Robert Frost Group at eNotes.</description>
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        <title><![CDATA['Something there is that does not love a wall' from the poem 'Mending...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA['Something there is that does not love a wall' from the poem 'Mending Wall' by Robert Frost is a challenge right there in the first sentence. The poet has something to say that differs with his perceived view of how others in society see the world. In this poem he uses Nature as an ally in proving his point, which some have even suggested may include a reference th the Cold War with Russia, and other symbolic national walls.
'Stopping by Woods...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[These are such different poems that it is very hard to compare the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[These are such different poems that it is very hard to compare the speakers' attitudes.
I suppose you could argue that the two speakers both share a sense of responsibility.  You might see this in the fact that they are both willing to do things they because they are supposed to, even thought they don't really want to do them.  In "Stopping" the speaker would rather watch the snow, in "Wall" the speaker would rather just let the wall fall...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 5 Dec 2009 12:57:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Comparison of two of Robert Frost's poems.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Comparison of two of Robert Frost's poems.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 5 Dec 2009 10:23:33 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This is too many questions to be answered in the space we are...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is too many questions to be answered in the space we are allotted.  I will comment on the overall themes of the poems.
To me, "Stopping," is a much happier poem than "Desert Places."  So, in terms of state of mind of the speaker, I think of "Stopping" as a contented poem, although a bit wistful at not being able to stay longer.  By contrast, iin "Desert Places" does not feel at peace.  The last stanza shows, especially, the disquiet...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 5 Dec 2009 10:22:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Compare Frost's poems "Stopping by Woods on a SnowyEvening" and "Desert...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Compare Frost's poems "Stopping by Woods on a SnowyEvening" and "Desert Places", their state of mind and the decisions they make.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 5 Dec 2009 10:11:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Frost plays with several other images in this poem.  The idea of taste,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Frost plays with several other images in this poem.  The idea of taste, and interacting with one's world through sensation is a powerful one.  This reflects a notion of experience within the world, clearly relishing it.  In lines 3 and 4, the poem speaks of how the speaker would interact with the world while absorbing it through taste.  This is symbolic of an activity within the world that is not detached, but rather one of immersion.  It...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 2 Sep 2009 17:28:20 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Ice and Fire by Robert Frost what other symbols besides ice and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Ice and Fire by Robert Frost what other symbols besides ice and fire does the poet use?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 2 Sep 2009 17:14:51 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[what is the main theme of the poem"the death of the hired man"by robert...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[what is the main theme of the poem"the death of the hired man"by robert frost?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:09:33 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Many of Robert Frost's poems are concerned with personal and cultural...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/robert-frost/q-and-a/how-does-robert-frost-use-road-not-taken-mending-90807</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Many of Robert Frost's poems are concerned with personal and cultural identity; his "The Road Not Taken" and "Mending Wall" certainly treat these themes.  In both these poems, Frost creates a revelation of human character.  For instance, in "Mending Wall," he examines the rural New Englander who feels that "good fences make good neighbors."  However, the speaker questions this philosophy:

There where it is we do not need the wall:/He is...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 4 Jul 2009 18:56:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does Robert Frost use "The Road Not Taken" and "Mending Wall" to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does Robert Frost use "The Road Not Taken" and "Mending Wall" to comment on society?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:32:52 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA["The Road Not Taken" seems to be a bit of a conclusion in life; at the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA["The Road Not Taken" seems to be a bit of a conclusion in life; at the very least, the speaker is at a vantage point in his life where he can reflect upon the different choices that he has made and the affect the choices have had on his life.
The symbolization is the metaphor of "life is a road or path" and it is the speaker's travel upon the rough one, the one that had not been made smooth by frequent travel that has made him who he is...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:02:14 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[nicole-don,
Frost's classic poem "The Road Not Taken" is one of a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[nicole-don,
Frost's classic poem "The Road Not Taken" is one of a handful of poems that are universally discussed and analyzed by readers, teachers, and students.
The message in the poem is clear and inspirational. The speaker considers two paths, and chooses one. The tone is nostalgic for the moment of choice that has long since past, having relished the anticipation of the experience and the contemplation at the place where the roads...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:36:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What does "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost symbolise?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What does "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost symbolise?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:24:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA["The Silken Tent" uses a very detailed simile, or symbol, to describe...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/robert-frost/q-and-a/what-kind-symbolize-showed-silken-tent-by-robert-88057</link>
        <description><![CDATA["The Silken Tent" uses a very detailed simile, or symbol, to describe how he feels about his loved one.  He compares her, using a simile, to a "silken tent" in the summer breeze.  Then, he expounds on this simile by listing all of the ways that she is like a silken tent.  She has a beautiful grace that "gently sways" and yet is strong and firm like a tent's "supporting central cedar pole."  Her strength (as the pole) is heavenly as it...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:19:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What kind of symbolism is showed in "The Silken Tent" by Robert Frost?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/robert-frost/q-and-a/what-kind-symbolize-showed-silken-tent-by-robert-88057</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What kind of symbolism is showed in "The Silken Tent" by Robert Frost?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 8 Jun 2009 07:23:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The poem states the mood in the first line:  "Mary sat musing..."  The...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/robert-frost/q-and-a/how-does-frosts-choice-words-affect-tone-poem-85561</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The poem states the mood in the first line:  "Mary sat musing..."  The poem is not an intense examination of anything, but rather a gentle recollection of a gentle man who has come back to the only family he has even know, come home to die.
Mary pushes Warren out the door so that she can talk to him without Silas' hearing; this may not be necessary because he may be already have died, but it is necessary for us to watch the gentle Mary let...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 14:47:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The tone of the poem is both somber and poignant as it relates in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The tone of the poem is both somber and poignant as it relates in dramatic narrative form the final hours of Silas's life. Silas, Warren and Mary's former farm hand, has returned to the only home he has known, the place where he will die. The setting of the dramatic poem is one of darkness and quiet which is established through Frost's diction. In the opening stanza, Mary "muses" on the flame of an oil lamp. The passage to the front door is...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 14:07:41 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "The Death of the Hired Man," how does Frost’s choice of words...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "The Death of the Hired Man," how does Frost’s choice of words affect the tone?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 09:14:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This is an interesting poem, where Frost, probably on a walk, looks at a...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/robert-frost/q-and-a/what-did-robert-frost-want-say-for-us-poem-desert-82165</link>
        <description><![CDATA[This is an interesting poem, where Frost, probably on a walk, looks at a snow-covered field, and how everything his hidden and smothered by the snow.  He makes a comparison between this, and between the "desert places" in his own soul, the empty, barren, featureless places in  his heart where he has buried something, covered it up in order to not have to think about it.
It doesn't mention why he entered the woods, or was out walking on a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 6 May 2009 18:30:35 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What did Robert Frost want to say for us in the poem "Desert Places" and...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/robert-frost/q-and-a/what-did-robert-frost-want-say-for-us-poem-desert-82165</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What did Robert Frost want to say for us in the poem "Desert Places" and why did he enter the woods?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 5 May 2009 10:46:34 PST</pubDate>
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