Plath's poem also uses symbolism and imagery to effectively explain to women that the aging process is inevitable and must be accepted because it is the only way to avoid being uncomfortable. about something they can't control. On the other hand, Frost's short work evokes a moment in life when the golden illusions of youth faded, but unlike Plath's poem, it is not explicitly autobiographical. What the reader sees in Frost's poem is not private disillusionment but the harsh tendency of the beauty of life to turn into sorrow.