Working Together by David Whyte and The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost differ in content but also share one strong common trait. Although Whyte writes about the visible and invisible working together for a common cause and Frost about a decision choosing between two roads, both poems have an a narrator thinking about the intangible, what they don't know for sure is out there.
The unknown is acknowledged in both poems. Whyte speaks in terms such as "The visible and the invisible" and "intangible" to speak about what he doesn't know. These elements are unseen and yet still have an impact us and influence our decisions. For example, in The Road Not Taken Frost bases his decision on whether he will travel the road more or less popular, and chooses the road uncharted with lesser certainty. By factoring in the unexplained, both poems end happily. There is no awe or curiosity in knowing everything, life has lost substance without wonder.
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