Aleryani. Coach Will Rikard. British Literature. 25 January

Growing up Frost had a rough childhood. His father died when he was 11. He had moved in with his grandparents when his mother could not support him and his siblings. This had an effect on Frost with his writing, his poems are usually has a dark background. He had become a farmer at one point, but then gave it up to become a teacher. A lot of event has happened only two of his six children survived past him. This could have had a huge effect with the time period kids usually did not survive. With his writing had come some good he has won many awards like 4 Pulitzer, and Ralph Waldo Emerson (shmoop). His education was all over the place he never got a degree (Poets). He has gone to Harvard, and Amherst Colleges.

Robert Frost’s poetry is in between the lines of modern poetry and 19th century works. In most of his poetry, he uses simple meter and verse. Frost believed that the form of a poem showed the context, therefore his poems were written in simple form to show conversation and interaction in most cases. Also, he believed that the writer and the thinker be set apart. In a 1932 letter to Sydney Cox, Frost explained his conception of poetry: “The objective idea is all I ever cared about. Most of my ideas occur in verse.... To be too subjective with what an artist has managed to make objective is to come on him presumptuously and render ungraceful what he in pain of his life had faith he had made graceful.” In this, Frost is showing the need of two directions in poems, the artist point and one from the emotional point, which he establishes in most of his works.

Frost was an intelligent man. He faced many hardships throughout his life and poetry is one of the few things that helped him get through the rough times. Alongside his wife, Elinor, they lost most of their children and struggled to find poets who would take a chance on new poets such as Frost. Even when faced with many tough choices in life, Elinor’s complete support through Frost’s journey on becoming a poet helped light some inspiration to frost as well as helped with helping him continue his journey. After a few years, one of the first poets to believe and take a look a Frost’s work were authors Pound and Thomas. Through this, Frost became acquaintances with Pound and very good friends with Thomas. Through the meaningful relationships formed

A summary is also given explaining each and every stanza of the poem. However, the main claim that is stated in this article is that the writer has been controversial regarding the future. This source is simple and clean to read out and understand instead of making the readers like cats on the fence. It contains organized information with validation and also can be incorporated in any sane claim that Frost doesn’t confirm or support a particular side and explains how life is filled with different choices. This source studies different phrases in the diction.

The poetry of Robert Frost made him to be quintessentially recognized as one of the most influential writers in American poetry. As a poet, he received multiple awards such as four Pulitzer Prizes and over twenty-five honorary degrees from schools including Harvard, Princeton, Oxford, and Cambridge University. Later in his life as poet, he became renowned enough to be ask to read one of his poem at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. His life seem to be lined with success and fame where he could be known as the official American poet. Yet as Frost life seem to be filled with the greatness, he as a person suffered a great amount due to the multiple family deaths and struggled for a long period of time before he could become a recognized

In this poem the first literary element that Frost uses is imagery. The use of imagery gives his readers a deep

The ending of “Design” is ambiguous, leaving the audience to draw their own conclusions about religion, a result which was achieved through first person point of view, which causes the ambivalence of the poem to resonate with the reader. Frost questions,

Most of Frost’s success in American literature came from his capability to speak in poetic but plain language to common people and scholars. His poetry is the culmination, combining all elements of poetic craft and modern themes. What separates him from most poets is instead of writing about his own experiences, Frost wrote about the process of discovery and the relationship between people and their surroundings. Because Frost’s poems operate on so many levels, it is possible for almost everyone to find his or her own beliefs about life reflected in Frost’s poetry. Furthermore, the

Robert Frost’s poetic techniques serve as his own “momentary stay against confusion,” or as a buffer against mortality and meaninglessness in several different ways; in the next few examples, I intend to prove this. Firstly, however, a little information about Robert Frost and his works must be provided in order to understand some references and information given.

Robert Frost authored his poetry as if he observed metaphors in everyday encounters, bringing to life vivid visual images in the minds of readers everywhere. Frost vocalized, “Poetry begins in trivial metaphors, pretty metaphors, ‘grace’ metaphors, and goes on to the profoundest thinking that we have. Poetry provides that one permissible way of saying one thing and meaning another.” Frost applies metaphors, dialogue and figurative language resulting in memorable poetry described by John F. Kennedy as “from which Americans will forever gain joy and understanding.” Frost applies everyday language, blending traditional meters and idioms with dramatic narration to stimulate the most profound thinking. Frost is known for a New England style both in his poetry he creates as well as in his writing styles and techniques. He is from modern times and considered a modern poet, but is well known for his incorporation of nineteenth century tendencies and traditions in his poems. Robert Frost applies imagery and figurative language to create vivid visual images, creating a well-known style as a modern poet while incorporating traditional nineteenth century poetic practices.

He meant by this that nature acts according to its own principles without regard to human purposes. He had no belief in "Nature's holy plan", no conviction that nature linked his human soul to her fair works. Nature was not hostile to man, for hostility would imply in nature a consciousness of specifically human concerns. But nature did not oppose man's purposes; it simply enacted its own tendencies. It was not friendly to man. Its unfriendliness was infinite, for it extended through all the circumstances that surrounded man. Despite the check which they got when they looked for friendly response from nature, human beings persistently wished for sympathetic intelligence in their surroundings and hopefully construe ambiguities that may be taken for signs of it. Water, the immemorial symbol of life, figured in Frost's poetry as "immortal force" operating in nature within man's range of action, which can be channeled to accomplish human purposes or can overwhelm by its exuberance. It was the conviction of his loneliness in an unfriendly universe that furnished the substance of Frost's nature poetry. There was always something else in his poetry. All of them had a very few

“The Road Not Taken” and “Nothing Gold Can Stay” are just two of many very famous poems, written by none other than Robert Frost. Robert Frost is a poet that is well known for his poetic contributions to nature, as well as his award winning poems. His poetic ability and knowledge make him an extraordinary author. His past; including schooling, family, and the era in which he wrote influenced nearly all of his poems in some way. This very famous poet contributed to the modernism era, had a family and an interesting life story, and a unique poetic style as well.

“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words,” Robert Frost once said. As is made fairly obvious by this quote, Frost was an adroit thinker. It seems like he spent much of his life thinking about the little things. He often pondered the meaning and symbolism of things he found in nature. Many readers find Robert Frost’s poems to be straightforward, yet his work contains deeper layers of complexity beneath the surface. These deeper layers of complexity can be clearly seen in his poems “ The Road Not Taken”, “Fire and Ice”, and “Birches”.

     A very interesting point regarding Frost’s relationship with nature is that he views it with ambiguity. Most assume that Frost is a nature lover; however, while this is true in part, Frost also views nature as having the capability of being destructive. Lynen speaks of this duality by saying, “You cannot have one without the other: love of natural beauty and horror at the remoteness and indifference of the physical world are not opposites but different aspects of the same view” (7). On speaking of Frost’s dualistic view of nature, Phillip L. Gerber states, “For nature is hard as she is soft, she can destroy and thwart, disappoint, frustrate, and batter” (132). Robert Frost views nature as an ‘alien force capable of destroying man’, but on the flip side, he also views “man’s struggle with nature as a heroic battle” (quoted in Thompson).

Robert Frost is perhaps one of America's best poets of his generation. His vivid images of nature capture the minds of readers. His poems appear to be simple, but if you look into them there is a lot of insight. Robert Frost spoke at John F. Kennedy's inauguration. He is the only poet to have had the opportunity to speak at a presidential inauguration. Through his poetry people learn that Robert Frost is a complicated and intellectual man who has a place in many American hearts. (Richards P.10)