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  1. The poem begins with a personification of “Age” watching two children as they pass by towards an unknown destination. This scenario is meant to be a metaphor : Age is unsure which direction the children are going, which symbolizes that the children have multiple possible futures.

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  2. Aug 26, 2022 · 'Twas Age imposed on poems. Their gather-roses burden. To warn against the danger. That overtaken lovers. From being overflooded. With happiness should have it. And yet not know they have it. But bid life seize the present? It lives less in the present. Than in the future always, And less in both together. Than in the past. The present.

  3. Or (chimes were ringing) churchward, He waited (they were strangers) Till they were out of hearing. To bid them both be happy. “Be happy, happy, happy, And seize the day of pleasure.”. The age-long theme is Age’s. ’Twas Age imposed on poems. Their gather-roses burden.

  4. Oct 24, 2024 · The age-long theme is Age's. 'Twas Age imposed on poems Their gather-roses burden To warn against the danger That overtaken lovers From being overflooded With happiness should have it. And yet not know they have it.

  5. en.wikiquote.org › wiki › Robert_FrostRobert Frost - Wikiquote

    Jun 24, 2024 · Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —. I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Lee Frost (26 March 1874 – 29 January 1963) was an American poet; winner of four Pulitzer Prizes.

  6. www.theatlantic.com › magazine › archiveCarpe Diem - The Atlantic

    By Robert Frost. September 1938 Issue. POEMS BY ROBERT FROST. AGE saw two quiet children. Go loving by at twilight, He knew not whether homeward. Or outward from the village, Or (chimes were...

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  8. Aug 7, 2023 · The theme of carpe diem, which encourages the seizing of the present day, is introduced as Age's "age-long theme." The speaker reflects on how age has imposed on poems the notion of gathering roses while cautioning against becoming overflooded with happiness to the point of not fully realizing its presence.