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Robert Frost expresses his belief in the American Dream by having traits of it as themes in his works.

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Source One- Explanation: The Road Not Taken

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Source One- Explanation: The Road Not Taken

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The themes of individual choice and choosing the right path in Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken displays his support in the American Dream. In this poem the speaker displays two paths that he has to choose between. The narrator can not decide on the path to choose and describes both just as fair, but one is less traveled. This is an example of choosing the more difficult path when it attains to the American Dream and not taking the easier path or making the easy decision. The narrator then proceeds to describe how he will lie about bravely traveling on the less conventional path, in hopes that he will believe he did one day. This helps convey that if you choose the easy way out there will be consequences and you will never accomplish your rendition of the American Dream.

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Robert Frost uses the theme of independence in his poem Mending Wall to not only show his belief in the American Dream but also to encourage independence and reliance on oneself. The speaker describes how farmers have to rebuild a wall in between each other, but do so separately and on their side. The narrator suggests the idea of conjoining the farm, but his neighbor brushes the idea off and continues his independence. Through this theme, Robert Frost reinforces the idea of individualism in the American Dream. Frost displays the idea of independence while working to a common goal, a foundational idea of the American Dream.

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Mowing by Robert Frost is a poem that stresses the importance of hard work and depicts the peace found in simplicity. Through this representation of peaceful and quiet scenes Frost is able to demonstrate these themes. He says “And that was my long scythe whispering to the ground…Something, perhaps, about the lack of sound” in order to display his belief in hard work and how it can even bring peace to oneself. Frost also exhibits the pleasure of resting after work. He describes it as “the gift of idle hours” explaining how through hard work you allow yourself to gain those times of rest. Robert Frost uses peace and hard work to express his support in the American Dream.

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Mowing by Robert Frost | Poetry Foundation

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There was never a sound beside the wood but one,

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The Gift Outright describes the early colonial days of America, and howAmericans made the land their own through their devotion. The speaker says how they were “Withholding from our land of living. And forthwith found salvation in surrender” which helps understand the idea of giving your all to the American Dream in order to achieve your desired success. The narrator also explains how they dedicated themselves to the land before it was fully theirs, a reference to how they were still with England and soon a free country. This reference hints at the idea of working on something even if the success comes in the long run and not the short term. Through this poem which quite literally describes the origin of the American Dream, Robert Frost displays not only his belief in the American Dream, but his knowledge in the history of the American Dream.

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The land was ours before we were the land’s.

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"Explanation: The Road Not Taken." EXPLORING Poetry, Gale, 2003. Gale In Context: High School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ2114713931/SUIC?u=clar33415&sid=bookmark-SUIC&xid=afe12404. Accessed 17 Feb. 2022.

"Explanation: Mending Wall." EXPLORING Poetry, Gale, 2003. Gale In Context: High School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ2114717878/SUIC?u=clar33415&sid=bookmark-SUIC&xid=b8853239. Accessed 17 Feb. 2022.

Frost, R. (n.d.). Mowing by Robert Frost. Poetry Foundation. Retrieved February 21, 2022, from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53001/mowing-56d231eca88cd

Frost, R. (n.d.). The gift outright by Robert Frost. Poetry Foundation. Retrieved February 21, 2022, from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53013/the-gift-outright

Frost, Robert. "Birches." EXPLORING Poetry, Gale, 2003. Gale In Context: High School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ2114202992/SUIC?u=clar33415&sid=bookmark-SUIC&xid=b0c98bab. Accessed 18 Feb. 2022.

"Robert Frost." DISCovering Authors, Gale, 2015. Gale In Context: High School, link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ2101100398/SUIC?u=clar33415&sid=bookmark-SUIC&xid=d48d69d0. Accessed 18 Feb. 2022.

Frost, R. (n.d.). The tuft of flowers by Robert Frost. Poetry Foundation. Retrieved February 21, 2022, from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44275/the-tuft-of-flowers

Frost, R. (n.d.). The runaway by Robert Frost. Poetry Foundation. Retrieved February 22, 2022, from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/148653/the-runaway-5c095e6958b71