Poet robert frost’s life and writings………………………..………. 5
The best poems by Robert Frost selected by Dr Oliver Tearle……. 9
CHAPTER II. THE BEST POEMS BY ROBERT FROST SELECTED BY DR OLIVER TEARLE 2.1. One of Frost’s most famous poems is “Mending Wall”…………… 16
2.2. One of Frost’s best-loved poems is “Stopping by Woods”…........... 23
CHAPTER III. FROSTS' POETRY 3.1. “Acquainted with the Night” and “Birches”……………………….. 27
3.2. Tree at my window………………………………………………… 31
CONCLUSION…………………………………………………….……. 35
REFERENCES………………………………………………………….. 38
INTRODUCTION Relevance of the topic.Different people have distinctive life histories according to the works they get involved with and the achievements they are able to have during their lifetime. Robert Frost was an American poet who was born in the year 1874 and died in 1963 at the age of 89. Among the things he got involved with, he is well known for his poetic and writing works.
What was so unique about Robert Frost is that he was so realistic in depicting the aspects associated with rural life. His command of American idiomatic speech is also a concept he is remembered for to present time (Schmidt and Sorensen 2). This piece of work gives an in depth analysis of Poet Robert Frost’s life with much emphasis being given to his works especially the writings and poetry.
Frost was a poet for all people in that, as a mature poet, he used plain English, and he wrote about the everyday things in his surroundings, often as metaphors for the day-to-day cares of life. He was a farmer by choice for much of his life, and wrote about nature and the seasons, especially favoring Winter. His life was not extraordinary in any important way, though he did have more than the usual share of sorrow. However, he never quite fit in anywhere, as evidenced in his poem: Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood: “I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” It was not Robert Frost’s life being different which made him and his poetry, but rather, his reaction to life which was different, and his insight and ability to see things and communicate that to the reader that made him a distinctive voice in the wilderness.
Poets are not born: they are made. A poet needs to have a facility with language and an eye to see (not necessarily the actual eye, but discernment) truth. Poets make connections, and so every poet’s work is intimately connected with who he or she is.1 What they write is their interaction with life.
Every poet has his own idea of writing poetry. This paper focuses on the conception and twin purpose in the poetry of Robert Frost. In his concept, poetry displays marriage of mind and emotion. The combination of mind and emotion is deepened in to the poet’s mind. In his conception of poetry, there are two purposes of poetry. It is delight and wisdom. His poem begins in delight and end in wisdom Robert Frost’s conception deals with his general view of existence. To man, Frost believed that the universe is almost chaotic.