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What is the "slow wheel" in Frost's "Into My Own"?
Into My Own, by Robert Frost (first two stanzas):
One of my wishes is that those dark trees,
So old and firm they scarcely show the breeze,
Were not, as 'twere, the merest mask of gloom,
But ...
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What does “be one traveler” mean in “The Road Not Taken”?
In “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, the first stanza reads as follows:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down ...
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What did Robert Frost mean in his April 7 1926 letter to B.F. Skinner?
What does Frost mean by "Stevenson's in favor [...] consumptive"?
"Hardy's against God for the blunder of sex"?
"Sinclair Lewis's against small American towns"?
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Meaning of this line from "Birches"
I was reading "Birches" by Robert Frost. I am having difficulty in understanding the meaning of a line.
Please refer to this link for the full poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44260/...
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What is the literal meaning of this line in "Birches"
I was reading "Birches" by Robert Frost. I am having difficulty in understanding the meaning of a part of a line.
Please refer to Poetry Foundation for the full poem.
What is the meaning of ...
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Putting 'gently' out of pain
I'm reading "A Roadside Stand" by Robert Frost, which you can read online. Below I have given the particular paragraph.
In the line -
To put these people at one stroke out of their pain
Robert ...
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What is Robert Frost 'owning' in these lines?
I read the poem "A Roadside Stand" by Robert Frost, and I have accumulated a few questions through the poem. So, I will be posting some questions from the same poem, if you can please answer my other ...
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How did "they make them sleep all day" in A Roadside Stand?
I read the poem 'A Roadside Stand' by Robert Frost, and I have accumulated a few questions through the poem. So, I will be posting some questions from the same poem, if you can please answer my other ...
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What are the 'N' and 'S' signs in the 'A Roadside Stand' by Robert Frost?
I read the poem "A Roadside Stand" by Robert Frost. I am confused by the reference to "N" and "S" signs in tree poem. What do those signs refer to?
The little old house was out with a little new ...
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What does "The Edge of Doom" mean?
The following stanza is from Robert Frost's Into My Own:
One of my wishes is that those dark trees,
So old and firm they scarcely show the breeze,
Were not, as ’twere, the merest mask ...
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