Leah Zimmerman
Walt Whitman and Robert frost both use symbolism and analogies to bear a personal and detailed style of writing. Both poets refer to passionate moments without actually saying what is really happening. This makes the reader stop and think, and relate to their own experiences in life while reading. Both poems are passionate and well driven.
Robert Frost poem is about making life choices. “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both.” The “two roads” are 2 decisions but he can only “travel” (choose) one. “The road not taken” is the road where he can take to determine whether it is the best fallout. Everyday people make decisions. So the reader can most definitely relate to “the road not taken” by Robert Frost. …show more content…
Whitman expresses a message that not everyone can relate to. Dissimilar to frost’s Poem, Whitman’s poem is a more intimate poem. He talks about the loss of a person that he very much loved. “Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.” Whitman refers to Abraham Lincoln as the “captain” of the “ship”. While reading you can regulate that Whitman was down casted from Abraham Lincoln's death. Most people can’t connect to Whitman's poem because some of us have not yet lost the person we