1. Main Works

2. A Boy’s Will 1913 > North of Boston, 1914 > Mountain Interval, 1916 > New Hampshire 1923 > Collected Poems 1930 > A Further Range 1936 > A Witness Tree 1942 >

3. Poetry Appreciation The Road Not Taken 《未选择的路》 Fire and Ice 《火与冰》 Mending Wall 《补墙》 Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening 《雪夜林边驻脚》 Nothing Gold Can Stay 《美景易逝》 West-Running Brook 《西去的溪流》 A Further Range 《又一片牧场》 After Apple-Picking 《摘苹果之后》 The Birches 《白桦树》

4. Frost’s View and Theme New England’s nature/ a storehouse /analogy and symbol/ deep moral uncertainties/ darkness and irrationality/ indifferent universe/ quest of the solitary person / Frost’s collections / accessible of modern writers/ pastoral imagery / solitary philosophical themes/

5. . Frost’s Style revolutionary poetic principles/ blank verse/ New Englanders/ a graceful style/ wry humor/ inexhaustible verbal grace/ country life/ deep ideas/ act of clarification/ accessible to everyone/

6. The Road Not Taken 1916 /in the collection Mountain Interval/ printed in italics/"The Road Less Traveled" four stanzas of five lines/ rhyme scheme ABAAB/ strict and masculine/four stressed syllables each line/ iambic tetrameter ( 四步 抑扬格 ) base.

7. Two roads diverged in a yellow w ood And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could......

8. The Road Not Taken is full of philosophical overtones. This poem should be read as a warning. Man should consider a lot before making choices and reflect over the choices he has made to discover “all the differences” conclusion

9. Thank you !