Biographical Reading

Write a 1,250-word essay on one of the topics below. You must use at least three outside sources (not including the one listed below and not including your textbook). Cite your sources according to MLA style, and please type in 12-point Times New Roman font with 1-inch page margins. Follow the formatting instructions on the Essay Reference Guide, and include a Works Cited page at the end with alphabetized entries for your outside sources and your text. Please submit your Thinking Storm tutor’s notes alongside your final draft of Essay #4. Ultimately, there should be two documents in the Assignments folder: your tutor’s draft and your final draft. Biographical: Subject Robert Frost’s “Design” to a biographical reading. Consider its meditations on life, death, and fate (or, alternatively, the natural order of the world) and relate this to details of Frost’s life. How might his upbringing and the events in his life have influenced this poem? What does this poem teach us about Frost’s views on life? Be sure to analyze the symbolism in the poem to uncover more about the meaning of “Design” and the way Frost viewed the world.