The Poetry of Robert Frost
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The poems of Robert Frost are unique in a number of ways. Characteristics of FrostÆs poetry include a lyric or narrative form, figurative language, the personification of nature, and a focus on unmitigated sensory perceptions. Likewise, FrostÆs poems embody a focus on nature, including manÆs separation from his own nature as well as manÆs relationship with nature. A number of FrostÆs poems focus on manÆs mortality, including a search for meaning. While many of FrostÆs poems expose the dark and depressing aspects of life, FrostÆs speakers generally embrace living. This analysis will explore a number of FrostÆs poems to illustrate the above forms, themes, and techniques used by the poet who is considered the quintessential New Englander poet. A conclusion will address Robert FrostÆs contribution to poetry and literature as a whole. Living on a rural New England farm with his wife and three surviving children (two died in childbirth), Robert FrostÆs works are filled with images of nature in the traditional and concise form of the lyric or narrative. FrostÆs focus on nature is meant to demonstrate the simplicity and beauty of nature in contrast to manÆs industrial-centered life, as well as it is used by the poet to show how often man is separated from man as well as from his relationship with nature. ManÆs isolation from man and a degree of loneliness are also encompassed in FrostÆs works. FrostÆs poems often encompass a p
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es not care for walls. As the speaker maintains, when he asks his neighbor why they need a wall that serves virtually no purpose, his neighbor replies, ôGood fences make good neighborsà/Something there is that doesnÆt love a wall, / That wants it down,ö (Williams, et al., p. 235). In human beings what ôwantsö a wall down is maintaining a heart that still cares about brotherhood, community, and human interaction, If a man cannot maintain this, he faces becoming lost in the darkness that is part of nature and human nature.
In After Apple Picking, we see that Frost shows us another speaker who faces the dilemma of finding meaning in an existential universe. Once more Frost uses nature as a reflection of man. He also used symbols and figurative language in the poem. The pickerÆs ladder is still pointed toward heaven even though his picking days are over. Once more we see a focus on mortality and aging in FrostÆs works. However, despite any of the darker elements in nature or human nature, FrostÆs speakers still embrace living, as the ladder pointed toward heaven connotes. FrostÆs speaker seems to imply that the same bravery, honesty, and comfort that are invested in living should be used to face morality. As the speaker main
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