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Digvijay Pandya, Lovely Professional University Unit 1: The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Unit 1: The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives

Introduction
1.1 About Robert Frost
1.1.1 Early Years

1.1.2 Adult Years
1.2 Robert Frost’s Major Works
1.3 Poem – The Road Not Taken

1.3.1 Explanation
1.3.2 Critical Analysis
1.4 Summary

1.5 Keywords
1.6 Review Questions
1.7 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
Know about Robert Frost

Describe the Robert Frost’s major works
Explain the theme of poem ‘The Road Not Taken’
Analyse ‘The Road Not Taken’

Introduction

Robert Frost was a very famous and often-quoted American poet born in San Francisco on
March 26, 1874. Frost’s interest in reading and writing poetry grew during his high school days
in Massachusetts. Robert Lee Frost is greatly regarded for his command on American colloquial
speech and for his lifelike depictions of rural life. Robert’s first professional poem, “My Butterfly,”
was published in the New York newspaper ‘The Independent’ on November 8, 1894. “The Road
Not Taken” is Robert’s poem published in 1915 in the collection Mountain Interval. Printed in
italics, it is the first poem in the volume. Robert Frost’s poem ‘The Road Not Taken’ is about a
decisional crisis.
In this unit we will study about Robert Frost and the poem ‘The Road Not Taken’.

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