Robert Frost Transcendentalism

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“And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul.”-anonymously. This quote explains exactly what Robert Frost did to create his poetry. To begin, He went into nature to receive inspiration, nature helped him out in more ways than any other human being could do for him. Also, nature was the biggest part of Frost’s poetry, it started when he was young. Frost was a farmer when he was younger, but focused more on poetry. Another major reason why Frost used nature because nature helped him find more ways to use metaphors. In fact, nature was also used in his poetry because Robert was a transcendentalist. In the early nineteenth century Robert Frost showed us how he uses nature in his poetry. Although, he was an ordinary person before becoming famous, Frost had poetry to help him raise his family and have a successful life.
Meanwhile, in 1847, a well known poet named Robert Frost was born on March 26. Frost was born into a writing family in San Francisco, Frost’s career started, but this is not where his career took off. His career truly started in Massachusetts. His poetry had helped him become successful in life. Due to …show more content…

Transcendentalists use the outdoors to connect with themselves much better than they would with someone else. Frost is a transcendentalist because his work revolves around nature like his feelings or even his writing. Connecting with nature is more interesting to Frost than trying to talk about politics. Another reason why Frost is considered a transcendental is because he only follows his own path,no one else's. (Overview) An example, of Robert’s transcendentalism in his poetry is the poem called “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”. In this poem, Frost chooses to stay on his own path in the woods and not go back for a while even though he knows he should go back because he has promises to

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