"It lives less in the present
Than in the future always,
And less in both together
Than in the past."
- Robert Frost, from his poem 'Carpe Diem'
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/48850-Robert-Frost-Carpe-Diem (The entire poem)
This quote is Robert Frost's take on a person's state of mind. That people in general spend little time thinking of the present, they spend time on the future, but that their minds dwell mostly on the past.
I have two debate questions for you:
One: Do you think that Frost is right?
Two: Why would Frost pose something like this in a poem titled 'Carpe Diem' (A Latin translation for : "Seize the Day")?
Please read the poem to fully understand the first quote and answer my second question.
Than in the future always,
And less in both together
Than in the past."
- Robert Frost, from his poem 'Carpe Diem'
http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/48850-Robert-Frost-Carpe-Diem (The entire poem)
This quote is Robert Frost's take on a person's state of mind. That people in general spend little time thinking of the present, they spend time on the future, but that their minds dwell mostly on the past.
I have two debate questions for you:
One: Do you think that Frost is right?
Two: Why would Frost pose something like this in a poem titled 'Carpe Diem' (A Latin translation for : "Seize the Day")?
Please read the poem to fully understand the first quote and answer my second question.