On a Tree Fallen Across the Road - A poem by Robert Frost

Robert Frost - On a Tree Fallen Across the Road

(To hear us talk)

The tree the tempest with a crash of wood
Throws down in front of us is not to bar
Our passage to our journey's end for good,
But just to ask us who we think we are

Insisting always on our own way so.
She likes to halt us in our runner tracks,
And make us get down in a foot of snow
Debating what to do without an ax.

And yet she knows obstruction is in vain:
We will not be put off the final goal
We have it hidden in us to attain,
Not though we have to seize earth by the pole

And, tired of aimless circling in one place,
Steer straight off after something into space.

Added: on November 5th, 2007 at 7:04 PM | Viewed: 10389 times | Comments and analysis of On a Tree Fallen Across the Road by Robert Frost Comments (14)

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Poet: Robert Frost Poem: 42. On a Tree Fallen Across the Road Volume: New Hampshire Year: Published/Written in 1923 Comment 14 of 14, added on March 6th, 2008 at 8:59 PM. Look a little deeper, you guys aren't getting it. Frost was opposed to people running off without confronting what's right in front of them. Applicable to NASA. JB from United States Comment 13 of 14, added on November 18th, 2007 at 5:08 PM. i liked this poem the most because it is about life and even though we build ourselves to be strong we can fall like the tree in the poem. some obsticles arn't easy to over come but it can be done. the poem showed me that every thing has a weakness. you can get through any thing even if you arn't prepared for it to happen. crawford Comment 12 of 14, added on November 5th, 2007 at 7:04 PM. I love the third stanza where it basically says we all have it in us to overcome things, but it may be hidden. That is our struggle in life, to dig deep inside ourselves and to find our stregnth. Olivia from Australia More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, On a Tree Fallen Across the Road, has received 14 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Robert Frost with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Robert Frost Poem: 42. On a Tree Fallen Across the Road Volume: New Hampshire Year: Published/Written in 1923 Last read: May 12 2008, 12:51PM Viewed 10389 times. Added on November 5th, 2007 at 7:04 PM.

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