Robert Frost’s poems mainly reflect life in rural New England, and the language he used was the uncomplicated speech of that region. Although Frost concentrates on ordinary subject matter, he evokes a wide range of emotions, and his poems often shift dramatically from humorous tones to tragic ones. Much of his poetry is concerned with how people interact with their environment, and though he saw the beauty of nature, he also saw its potential dangers.
The poem literally means the chore of gathering fallen leaves in the autumn season. People enjoy the excitement it gives as they rake and clean their porch or yard. Effort and perseverance are needed for this work to be done, but leaves don’t stop to fall. Every time people clean it, there are surely another to replace it. However, people knowing that the chore is useless, don’t get tired of raking it for they know that it needs to be done. If they don’t do it, unpleasant occurrences will happen in their premises. It may be flooded by fallen, rotten leaves and wild animals start to live there.
Symbolically, the poem is related to the lives people are cherishing. People know that at the right time, their time on earth will end, but they still enjoy life to the fullest. Like the gathering of leaves, people do things in order to continue living. If they don’t continue living and doing something for the welfare and progress of their lives, like the fallen leaves that are left untouched in a porch, life will be like rotten, awful and unhappy.
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