Robert Frost

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s not reciprocate Frost’s joy. He is taking care his materialistic worries living in the village and has not come to see his woods. Frost on the other hand has taken the time to watch the woods for he has little time left. “The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep.” Frost then returns to reality. The woods are nice but he also has things that he must do and literally a long way to go before he is home. Metaphorically speaking, he still has a while to live. Either way he is happy because he has had the freedom to enjoy his surroundings.
In the second poem, Mending Wall, Frost talks of the wall he and his neighbor erected between their properties. The wall gives him something to take care of, something to complain about, and something to talk about with his neighbor. At the same time this wall provides him with a degree of privacy. On the other hand, the wall creates a sense of captivity. By acting as the wall it is, it limits his freedom. Freedom seems to fight against the wall. Freedom can be thought of as the force that keeps destroying the wall every s...