The wonderful title evokes the rural hinterland of New
England, away from the Boston society and economy. It is a region of isolated
farms and lonely roads, and it is in writing about that landscape that Frost
merges the traditional with the modern to become a writer who is simultaneously
terrifying and comfortable. Frost’s technique is to take a familiar, even homey
scene – describing a wall, birch trees, two roads – and then undermine or
fracture the sense of comfort that those scenes evoke by exposing the
capriciousness of modern life. Frost always draws you in, and then reveals that
where you are isn’t at all what you expected.
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