Robert Frost is a very well-known American poet, who is remembered for his one poem The Road Not Taken. It is key to take not that this poem was written in 1939. By that time in Robert Frost's life he was already fairly well known and was a highly acclaimed poet of the time. Being the highly remarkable and well-respected poet that he was, gave him the necessary ethos to talk about how poems are designed and how they should be interpreted by the readers.
As already previously noted, Frost's purpose is to let everyone know what he deems an appropriately crafted poem and how people should treat poems. I would imagine that Robert Frost's intended audience was composed of anyone that reads or creates poetry. He intends to send his specific message across on how poetry should work to the people that enjoy making or reading poetry.
Clearly one of the major rhetorical devices Frost used was connotation. The entirety of the essay was based around his connotation of poetry. He had a suggested and implied specific meaning for what he believed poetry to be. Also as previously mentioned Frost's ethos played a vital role in this poem. Without a doubt I do believe that Robert Frost accomplished his purpose of the perception of poetry and how poetry should be crafted. The real reason why he was able to accomplish his goal was because he was a reliable source to be listening to this information from.
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