The Poetry of Robert Frost

Robert Frost was a well-known American poet born March 26, 1874, in San Francisco, California, and grew up in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He began writing poetry at the age of 11 years old. His first poem was published during high school and his first book of poetry wasn’t released until he moved with his wife and children to England in 1912. Robert Frost became known as “America’s Poet” because of his significance in American culture.

The 1920’s when many of Frost’s poems were written, marked an era noted as “The Roaring Tweenties.” As the WWI was ending, this was a time of fundamental change, marked by events such as the stock market crash, women’s voting rights, and other major world events which impacted the nation. The things going on in the world during this period had both a direct and indirect effect on those living during that era. World factors in addition to personal factors inspired Frost’s writing and contributed to his seclusion.

Frost was mentally stimulated by his environment in which many of his poems were influenced by and kept him isolated from the modern world. Frost has also admitted that his wife was the influence behind many if not all of his poems. The relevance of Frost’s poems flourished throughout the 20th century and the ideas behind his poems remain practicable to date. Frost’s unique style of writing reveals actual insight to the meaning behind his poems. Just as nature and isolation play a key role in Frost’s life, they are also key themes in many of his poems.

A clear understanding of one’s surroundings and an open mind to the possibilities influenced by those surroundings are important contributing factors to the kinds of social and historical understanding an audience would need to ...

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... necessary when drawing boundaries required for personal space and respect. Both inner and outer influences related to one’s mental and physical surroundings, outlined in “Fire and Ice” and “Mending Wall” depict underlying and surface views and intentions based on past, present and future experiences.

Works Cited

Frost, R. (2011). Fire and Ice. In D.L. Pike and A.M. Acosta’s (Eds.) Literature: A world of writing stories, poems, plays, and essays [VitalSource digital version] (p. 467). Boston, MA: Pearson Learning Solutions.

Frost, R. (2011). Mending Wall. In D.L. Pike and A.M. Acosta’s (Eds.) Literature: A world of writing stories, poems, plays, and essays [VitalSource digital version] (p. 526). Boston, MA: Pearson Learning Solutions.

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