tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post5051977828360725087..comments2023-10-17T06:08:27.032-05:00Comments on Grantian Florilegium: Quite Peculiargileskirkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11546229381528820614noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-30558054726894405752006-12-08T09:52:00.000-06:002006-12-08T09:52:00.000-06:00Maybe I am too much influenced by my 60's era high...Maybe I am too much influenced by my 60's era high school English teacher (and my own 60's era upbringing). I can certainly see how the Christian metaphor can be applied ... after all, the devil has no stories ... but taken as a whole, Frost seems to me to stand firmly in the 'rugged individualist' camp. You've challenged me to look into it (and his other works) more deeply, thoughAustin Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01592546327943832367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-10550572240474642272006-12-06T14:55:00.000-06:002006-12-06T14:55:00.000-06:00Bob: I think that it really depends on how you rea...Bob: I think that it really depends on how you read Frost here. If you make the assumption that he is going his own way, then I'd agree with you. But, if Frost is, as he once stated, crafting a metaphor for the "narrow road v. the broad road," then his words take on distinctly Christian flavor. I'm not saying Frost had it all right--but, it was after all someone else's "road less traveled" that he came upon in the wood--not a trail he forged on his own.gileskirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11546229381528820614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123697.post-37155548639013526312006-12-06T11:49:00.000-06:002006-12-06T11:49:00.000-06:00I've always loved that Frost poem, but it seems th...I've always loved that Frost poem, but it seems that his siren call for us to "go our own way" is exactly the opposite of the "peculiar walk" we are called to as Christian members of community. It is all too like the conformity to nonconformist behaviors that seems to have characterised the last half-century or so. We need to be sure that we combine our "peculiar walk" with a desire to "be conformed to His image". I think this is essentially the Romans 12:1-2 lifestyle.Austin Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01592546327943832367noreply@blogger.com