Modernism And Regionalism In Poetry

Robert Frost (1874-1973) was born in California and, when he was eleven, his dad died. After that, the family moved to the area of New England where he wrote most of his poetry. He is a well-known American voice and his work was well appreciated. He won the Pulitzer prize for poetry four times and, in 1960, he won the Congressional Gold Medal. In addition to being decorated as a poet, his poems are beloved for their simple but universal ideas which appeal to many. Three of these universal ideas include decision-making, imagination, and the beauty of the woods.

Authors write poetry for many reasons including to prove a point, share life stories or to just make the reader think. Robert Frost is a great example of a poet influenced by his experiences. These influences show up in most of his poetry, but especially in “The Road Not Taken”, “Stopping by Woods On a Snowy Evening”, and “Birches”. Moving to the New England region the nature and people helped him become a poet of worldly fame.

Robert Frost is a pastoral poet. His love for rural life revealed in his work. He incorporates major themes: one's life choices, isolation, and nature in his works.

Robert Frost takes our imagination to a journey through wintertime with 
his two poems "Desert Places" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". These two poems reflect the beautiful scenery that is present in the snow covered woods and awakens us to new feelings. Even though these poems both have winter settings they contain very different tones. One has a feeling of depressing loneliness and the other a feeling of welcome solitude. They show how the same setting can have totally different impacts on a person depending on 
their mindset at the time. These poems are both made up of simple stanzas and diction but they are not straightforward poems.

Dana Gioia argues in this analytical essay that Robert Frost was a narrative poet who left a modernist narrative legacy by writing ballads, linear narratives, dramatic monologues, and dramatic narratives. She provides a thorough description of Frost’s book North of Boston, and she describes the effects the book has had on the way poetry is now written. Gioia states that Frost’s ballads represent the weakest body of his poetic work. She also considers the language in Frost’s linear narratives as “modern and conversational” (4). Gioia makes visible that Frost typically avoided dramatic monologues. She attributes this to Frost’s tendency to write more modernistic poetry. Dramatic narratives are an important category of Frost’s poetry, and Gioia considers this category the largest and most original. She vividly

Robert William Service (1874-1958) who has often been referred to as “the Bard of the Yukon” was born in Preston, Lancashire, England. Service is best known for the humour he brought to his poetry as he was both a British/Canadian poet and a writer, but more often than not, he is recognized for the humour he brought to his poetry. A higher majority of Service’s work include fiction and non-fiction that made him famous for the humorous approach he took in addressing the issues of society (Rankine and Lisa, 12-89). This is different from Frost, who along with poetry wrote books and plays to address societal issues. On the other hand, Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963), was a Poet and play writer born in San Francisco, California whom sold more of his work in England before sales started in America. The logical conclusion to this is that the settings of Frost’s poems frequently take place in the 20th century rural life in England (Frost 7-12), using them in efforts to understand the social and philosophical aspects in England. However, Frost is also well known for his command of American colloquial speech.

robert frost has put nature in his poem but has put other things inside the poem and was trying to get the reader to discover them, so i think that there is some culture habits hidden inside of his poem under all the nature. I think robert frost used words in his poem that made the reader think and try to come up with their own definition. like where it says "her hardest hue to hold" i had to infer what hue means and i think it means a type of color. " leaf substance to leaf" i had to infer what sustain means and I think it means to be something smaller.

Cultural Ideas within Frost and Hughes’s Poetry The interpretation of Modernism in the twentieth century for poets, artists, and writers created the re-evaluation of the assumptions and aesthetic values of their predecessors (“Modernism”). Poets like Robert Frost and Langston Hughes abandoned 19th century cultural ideas of Romanticism, the movement that turned towards nature and feelings, and Enlightenment, a mannered formalism and disciplined scientific inquiry movement (“Romanticism”). Frost and Hughes broke free of ninetieth century clichés, and used poetry as a vehicle for the expression of controversial cultural ideas that revolved around morality and social reform.

Poetry is an art borne of a love for language and a want for individual expression. Especially evident during times of transition, poetry can be used to define exisistence or accentuate fantasy. The Modernist movement provided room for experimentation and provocation, proclaiming, "out with the old, in with the new”. Edward Estlin Cummings illustrated himself as an exemplar example of the Modernist poetry and challenged the expectations of contemporary poetry.

The differences between the states Frost describes is obvious in this poem. Frost “[switches] back and forth between people the speaker has met and the conclusions he has drawn about them,” (Fagan) and each of people are described as being from a different state, representing that state. Frost first describes meeting “a lady from the South who said/…/‘None of my family ever worked, or had/A thing

Have you ever pondered what life would look like through someone else's eyes? Robert Frost allows you to experience his view of life in New England. Although if you ever to claim this to his face he would disagree. Mr. Frost claimed that his poems were diverse and relatable to people all around the world. Although this may or may not be true, I shall let you decide.

In Robert Frost's poem there is not a real describeable culture, when I read the poem, In my thoughts I think of a nice, cool southren evening as the sun goes behind the trees leaving an orange streak across the sky as friends sit around a campfire. So in my mind, I think of a southren evening, but I don't think that there is a real in place culture that Robert Frost wanted the reader to see.

Working Thesis: Robert Frost applies imagery and figurative language to create vivid visual images with his narrations, creating a well-known style as a modern poet while incorporating traditional 19th century poetic practices.

Robert Lee Frost is one of the most famous American poets of all time. His work greatly reflects his life views and experiences. Frost’s poems may not be as simple as they seem. He often writes about the beauty of nature, but if you read closely there can be dark undercurrents beneath his work. There are many similarities and differences that run between each of his poems.

On the surface, the poem "Birches" by Robert Frost is simply about a man who would like to believe that birch trees are bent from young boys swinging on them, despite the evidence that it is merely a result of the ice-storms. Even with this knowledge he prefers the idea of the boys swinging from the trees because he was a birch swinger years ago and continuously dreams of returning and experiencing those pleasant memories once again. From a more explored and analytical point of view, the birch trees symbolize life and serves as the speaker 's temporary channel of escape from the world and its harsh realities. The speaker uses his imagination to return to his innocent childhood. He hopes to relieve stress and prepare to face life and