Authors throughout time have used many different literary devices to bring their stories to life. Stories capture people's attention by communicating the author's personal experiences or completely imaginary scenarios. Some authors use their talent to the best of their abilities and succeed in engaging the reader and explaining in detail the meaning of what they are trying to describe through different literary devices, such as personification. Robert Frost is a great example of one of these authors. Frost uses personification in many of his poems to bring his work to life. He not only used personification to show his personal opinions and experiences, but he also used symbolism in many different poems. Robert Frost was an intelligent, talented and sagacious poet whose feelings and opinions were expressed through his art of poetry. Influence of the period Frost is best known for his poems that reflect the period in which he writes. The three major events that are shown in his writings are World War I, World War II, and the inauguration of President Kennedy. During World War I, some of Frost's friends were drafted into the army; knowing their possible fate, Frost wrote not only about the two, but also about the terrors of being at war. In The Road Not Taken, he uses the two roads as symbols reflecting "the anguish of making choices, which could potentially cause one's life or death" (The World War I Connection). Not to Keep is a second well-known poem that describes the general impact of World War I on a veteran's housewife. This poem shows the great contempt that the woman feels, even though she knows that her husband is back, she also knows that it is only... middle of paper...... November 2013. http:/ /www. veteransadvantage.com/cms/content/frosts-road-not-taken-world-war-i-connection “Elements of Poetry.” Elements of poetry. Np, and Web. January 16, 2014. http://ta.thet.net/~Chapin/WebPage/StudentWebPages/SethWebPage/LiteraryElements.ht ml. “Poetry and Power: Inaugural Reading of Robert Frost.” » Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, 2013. Web. November 18, 2013. http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/20540 “Robert Frost.” The Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation, 2013. Web. November 18, 2013. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/robert-frost. “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost – A Biographical Analysis. » HubPages. Np, nd Web. December 19, 2013. http: //john-c-evenstar.hubpages.com/hub/Biographical-Analysis-The-Road-Not-Taken.Untermeyer, Louis “Knowing the Night”. Poems by Robert Frost. By Robert Frost New York: Henry Holt, 2002. 268-69..