Robert Frost, perhaps one of the most well-known poets of his time. Over his 88 years of life, he produced hundreds of wonderful poems, most of them taking particular interest in nature. Frost had a somewhat eventful life, which including him moving to England in 1912, where he would meet two men that would prove very influential to his work. It is England that Frost possibly acquire his fascination of nature trails and paths, which is often recognized in his poetry (Stanlis 174). Another trait of Frost that is recognized in his poems is his "stubborn conventionality of form and meaning (Viereck 67-8)". With this being said, it's clear to see why many people view him as a unique poet. Robert Frost was able to combine his unique style and …show more content…
However, in 1912, he and his wife unknowingly made a decision that would ultimately lead to his fame. Hoping that they would find more publishers in England, Frost and his family decided to move across the pond from their farm on New Hampshire. It was here that he met Ezra Pound and Edward Thomas, fellow poets that would be highly influential on his work. They looked highly upon Frost's work, encouraging him to continue writing despite being rejected by numerous publishers. Also, it was Thomas who inspired Frost's famous "The Road Not Taken". Thomas' regret and indecisiveness that served as inspiration for the works of Frost. When Frost returned to the United States, his poetry blew up, and he became a household name. He taught at numerous colleges and universities, including Dartmouth, Michigan, and more importantly, Amherst, where an honorary library was built in his name. Another notable accomplishment of Frost was his earning of four separate Pulitzer Prizes for his work. With this being said, it is easy to conclude that Frost's experiences in England contributed greatly to the wonderful poetry that he was able to …show more content…
Fellow poet and Pulitzer Prize winner, Peter Viereck had a lot to say in remark to Frost's works. As stated in an article simply titled "Frost Compared to Other Modernist Poets", Viereck said:
Frost is one of the few poets today who dare use contractions like "as 'twere" and "e'er." I don’t care for this sort of thing, especially in a poet who makes a point of catching the idiom of everyday speech. But I don’t let this annoying anachronism spoil my enjoyment of him. Equally old-fashioned, but this time in a better sense of the word, is the fact that his meters scan with a beat-by-beat regularity, usually in the form of rhymed iambic pentameters. In this connection, do not overlook his thoughtful preface on poetic techniques and meters (67-68). With this being said, it can be assumed that despite Frost's use of contractions that were frowned upon by Viereck, he still admired his rhythmic flow and use of iambic pentameter in his poetry. However, it is also later stated in the article that this same rhythm and form was what convinced many young writers that his conventionality was rather similar to other poets. However, it is Viereck that says that it is the many "self-conscious avant-garde rebels who follow the really rigid and tiresome conventions
Robert Lee Frost was born on Mars 26th 1874 in San Francisco and he died in Boston, January 29th 1963. Frost was greatly influenced by his move to New England at the age of 11, his move to England when he was 37, and then his return to New Hampshire a couple of years later. These periods can be seen in his poetry. His poems about life and death made him one of the best-known poets of 20th century and he won many literary prizes, including four Pulitzer Prizes. Frost wrote poems whose philosophical dimensions transcend any region. Although his verse forms are traditional, he was a pioneer in the interplay of rhythm and in the poetic use of the vocabulary and inflections of everyday speech. His poetry is both traditional and experimental, regional and universal.
Robert Frost is very successful poet from the 20th century, as well as a four time Pulitzer Prize winner. Robert Frost work was originally published in England and later would be published in the US. He was also considered one of the most popular and respected poets of his century. Robert Frost created countless of poems and plays, many of them containing similar themes. Some of the most popular themes found in his poems encompass isolation, death and everyday life.
For Frost by all accounts was genuinely fond of Thomas. He wrote his only elegy to Thomas and he gives him, in that poem, the highest praise of all from one who would, himself, hope to be a "good Greek": he elegizes Thomas as "First soldier, and then poet, and then both, / Who died a soldier-poet of your race." He recalls Thomas to Amy Lowell, saying "the closest I ever came in friendship to anyone in England or anywhere else in the world I think was with Edward Thomas" (Letters 220). Frost's protean ability to assume dramatic masks never elsewhere included such a friend as Thomas, whom he loved and admired, tellingly, more than "anyone in England or anywhere else in the world" (Letters 220). It might be argued that in becoming Thomas in "The Road Not Taken," Frost momentarily loses his defensive preoccupation with disguising lyric involvement to the extent that ironic weapons fail him.
Frosts goes through many changes in his life and his poetry is a reflection of himself. His love of nature is the main reason he acquires a farm and is shown in many of his poems. This is also linked as the reason for his descriptive images to portray certain feelings within his poetry. As Frost is going on through life he faces many changes and choices. Poems such as “The Road Not Taken”, describing the agonizing choice of having to choose between two roads, illustrates the struggles that he had to endure. (Wilcox) As with any writer, Frosts uses his poetry as a creative outlet to relieve the stress that he deals with in everyday life. But for all of his struggles he achieves success, a universal concept that everyone can relate to as expressed in his own poems. Robert Frost remains still remains today as one of the most prestigious poets of American
Frost uses nature as a reflection of human experiences; just like humanity it can have seasons and life cycles. He uses different scenes to depict a certain mood for readers to step into the psychological happening of a man. The idea of how seasons change, Frost compares it through the life cycles that humans encounter. Contrary to popular opinion, I believe that nature is not Frost’s central theme in his poetry; it is about the relationship that man has with nature in which can be seen from “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, “The Road Not Taken”, and “An Old Man’s Winter Night.”
Robert Frost is known for his poems about nature, he writes about trees, flowers, and animals. This is a common misconception, Robert Frost is more than someone who writes a happy poem about nature. The elements of nature he uses are symbolic of something more, something darker, and something that needs close attention to be discovered. Flowers might not always represent beauty in Robert Frost’s poetry. Symbolism is present in every line of the nature’s poet’s poems.
His life was one of increasing professional success together with a heavy burden of personal anxiety and grief. Frost’s poems are usually based on everyday life and rural settings, making his poems. easily accessible. They are no mean simplistic, however, but run deep. Most people know Frost’s early career and long public experience as a speaker and lecturer.
Robert Frost As a proclaimed literary sensation, Robert Frost has contributed marvelous works to today’s society. With uses of vivid imagery, a celebration of rural activities, and his present-day influences, Frost has earned many awards in today’s society as a successful author in the poetic style of writing. Frost’s magnificent works have impacted today’s different types of literature. While attributing Frost’s incredible works, he uses an accelerated usage of vocabulary to perfectly describe the different scenes in his poetry.
From his writing, readers during his time were able to see his sincere and natural speaking that are displayed in his poems. Another characteristic that is apparent in Frost’s
Frost was a rural Yankee whose writings reflect everyday experiences-his own experiences, but was one who saw metaphorical dimensions in the everyday things he encountered. These everyday encounters held ground as his subject manner, combined with the rural setting of New England nature, seasons, weather and times of day. Frost’s goal was to write his poetry in such a way that it would cover familiar ground, but in an unfamiliar way or uncommon in expression.
As Frost lived on with his life, he was able to accomplish many literary works and also had to overcome the many deaths of his own family. Frosts first poem " La Noche Triste" was published in 1890. He later passes examinations to enter Harvard College but because of expenses, he had to go to Dartmouth College. In the fall of...
Robert Frost is an amazing poet that many admire today. He is an inspiration to many poets today. His themes and ideas are wonderful and are valued by many. His themes are plentiful however a main one used is the theme of nature. Frost uses nature to express his views as well as to make his poetry interesting and easy to imagine in your mind through the detail he supplies.
Several of his books of verse won a Pulitzer Prize: New Hampshire: A Poem With Notes and Grace Notes; A Further Range; A Witness Tree; and Collected Poems. Amy Lowell, an American poet and critic to whom Frost turned for support and favor early in his career,2 called him "one of the most intuitive" poets of the day3 and noted that "[h]e sees much, . . . both into the hearts of persons, and into the qualities of scenes. (March)
There were two people who had a big impact on Frost’s life. Their names are Ezra Pound and Edward Thomas. They were the ones who loved Frost’s work and encouraged him to keep on writing. Frost was so inspired by Edward Thomas that he wrote a poem about how Edward keeps on going, and Frost called it “The Road Not Taken”.
In 1912, at the age of 38, he sold the farm and used the proceeds to take his family to England, where he could devote himself entirely to writing. His efforts to establish himself and his work were almost immediately successful. A Boy’s Will was accepted by a London publisher and brought out in 1913, followed a year later by North of Boston. Favorable reviews on both sides of the Atlantic resulted in American publication of the books by Henry Holt and Company, Frost’s primary American publisher, and in the establishing of Frost’s transatlantic reputation. Much of his poetry is concerned with how people interact with their environment, and though he saw the beauty of nature, he also saw its potential dangers. Frost disliked free verse, which was popular with many writers of his time, and instead used traditional metrical and rhythmical schemes. He often wrote in the standard meter of blank verse, but ran sentences over several lines so that the poetic meter plays subtly under the rhythms of natural speech. Frost listened to the speech in his country world north of Boston, and he recorded it. He had what he called “The ruling passion in man … a gregarious instinct to keep together by minding each other’s business.” Frost continued to mind his neighbors’ speech and business in his volume Mountain Interval (1916), which included the poems “The Road Not Taken”, “An Old Man’s Winter Night”, “Birches” and more.