Quest: Robert Frost, Option 1 Robert Frost is well known for his many symbolic poems. "After Apple-Picking" and "Birches" are two very symbolic poems of quest. Frost uses symbols and his writing style to emphasize his idea of the complexities of life and the necessity of finding ways to manage life's ambiguities. The quest for knowledge is one of the most important expeditions in life. Death is also a quest interpreted by Robert Frost. These two …showed first 75 words of 2372 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2372 total…idea of reality/elderly versus fantasy/youth. The speaker realizes in his stressful state that fantasy offers an escape from reality, but Frost, as a poet, used this controversy in a different way. He illustrates that writing is much the same as a world of fantasy, free and not stressful. Nevertheless, this poem illustrates that for most people the world of fantasy is a much more favorable environment than that of reality. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** none