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Similarities Between Two Works By Ferlinghetti and Frost

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era. Ferlinghetti was part of the "Beat Generation" of the 1950s, writing an evocative style of poetry, which invoked the dissatisfaction and social discontent of youth. Yet, while the work  of these poets is very different, they also have some areas of commonality. As Frosts poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and Ferlinghettis "The Poets Eye Obscenely Seeing"  demonstrate, both poets felt hemmed in by the manifestations of modern life. Naturally, this sentiment is stated in a milder manner in Frosts work, but a careful examination of his  poem shows that this sentiment is there, nonetheless. "Stopping Woods on a Snowy Evening" is one of Frosts most beloved "nature" poems. However, while this poem obviously praises the  beauty of nature, it is also true that in this poem Frost delineates the restrictions that are placed upon individual freedom by the time schedules of the modern world. One  of the first things that the reader encounters in this poem is the knowledge that the owner of the woods is safely and sensibly in a warm house in  the village. Also the narrator appears to be highly conscious of the woods as property. He seems to be afraid of being accused of trespassing. As this implies, the narrator  thinks of the woods as property, more then as just a part of the vast natural world. To him, this lovely wood is part of the man-made world because it  has clear boundaries. The second and third stanzas reiterate the concern that the poet for the owner of the land and the possibility that what he is doing is  inappropriate in some way. This is demonstrated by the fact that horse becomes a surrogate for society - "My little horse must think it queer/ to stop without a