Although the meaning of these poems may differ in various ways, I chose them for the deeper connection that they make with each other. They all talk about life, what it has to offer until the end. The choices we make and how we look back on the things we did, affect us. They change us in ways unimaginable. However, when the time comes and we realize that the life we have lived was wasted with selfish thoughts, we above and realize something. We need to “Seize the Day” to make a change.

The Road Not Taken is one of the most famous poems around by Robert Frost. Frost imagines the setting in the woods walking along a path. He comes along a fork in the road and looks down each path as if he were looking into what each path has to offer him. “I took the one less travelled by,” represents how he is going against the odds and doing something he wouldn’t normally do “and that has made all the difference.”

When looking at the next poem, Loveliest of Trees, by A. E. Housman, the meaning is subtler and more difficult to understand. At first, it was obvious that this poem talks about the coming of age. However, as I was going through the five-step analysis, I realized that just because it focuses around growing up, doesn’t mean that it doesn’t also tie in with my theme, seizing the day. Loveliest of Trees, ties the blooming seasons of a cherry tree with the years a person lives. “Fifty springs are little room” refers to him only having fifty years of life left. He realizes that life is going by too quickly and needs to enjoy the little things along the way.

In a sadder outlook, A Song On The End of The World, by Anthony Milosz, focuses on the end of life. Milosz describes the world as if it were any ordinary day, however, he reminds us that it is the day that the world is ending. What the poet was trying to convey to us is that the world will go on everyday like it normally would until the world comes to an end. We won’t expect it, nor will we believe anyone who predicts it. In realizing that, Anthony Milosz subtly tells us that we need to live everyday like it is our last.

In bringing all of the poems I chose together, a creation of my theme forms. “Seizing the Day” is not just about living in the moment, but to also make the best of what you have and making a change.