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The line suggests that leaving is the one kind of freedom a person can count on. It implies that all other forms of freedom may be uncertain or limited, but departure is always available as an option.
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Robert Frost was an American poet who lived from 1874 to 1963.
About Robert Frost
American poet
Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. He is known for his realistic portrayals of rural life and his mastery of American colloquial speech, especially in poems set in New England in the early 20th century. In those settings, Frost explored questions that were larger than the landscape itself, using ordinary rural scenes to look at social and philosophical concerns. His work stays closely tied to place and speech, but it often reaches beyond them to reflect on human experience.
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Books by Robert Frost
North of Boston
2004
Robert Frost
1973
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems
2015