Essay about Nature in Robert Frost's Poems

The way that frost uses the distant imagery in the poem suggest that the tone of the poem is lonely, that the man has nothing care about but once did. The setting of

Robert Frost was a famous poet and educator born in San Francisco in 1874 who made an impact on the literature known today. After high school, he attended college where he studied literature and poetry. During college, Frost began writing his own poems and in 1894, he had successfully published his first poem. Despite his many accomplishments, Frost faced a major downfall that could not be fulfilled by his success. One might expect that publishing his first poem might be a time of pride and joy, however, Frost was fighting his own battles of depression and mental illness.

As a result of facing constant loss, writing about emptiness allowed Frost the ability to express the solidarity he felt within himself. With the experiences that Frost had endured throughout his life, he is described as having “suffered more than the normal amount of tragedy”, however, he also “showed more than the usual amount of determination and courage” (Bailey).

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.

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

Robert Frost was born in San Francisco California in 1874, March 26. His poems were inspired by British poets and also inspired by nature. Many of his poems and quotes have a deep meaning to them and it has made me wonder what people of today’s era think Robert Frost’s poems and quotes mean. Back in 1913 when Robert Frost first published his book of poems, society was still religious. Many of the people back then were focused on God’s messages and this has an effect on how people could have interpreted his work.

Another one of the most important aspects of a great poem, is it’s form. The author’s

One of the more popular poems surrounding Frost's childhood relating to imagination is the poem "Birches." Throughout the poem Frost continues to children indicating that he most likely encountered something like this during his childhood, at one point Frost states, in a rather nostalgic tone, "I like to think some boy's been swinging them," not only hinting that the narrator has encountered the joys associated with swinging the birches before in his own childhood, but exemplifying the the thematic idea relating to the simple pleasures in life. The narrator continues with the nostalgic tone throughout the poem fantasizing about the tree climbing of his childhood finally concluding by stating that he wished he could climb a birch tree exemplifying the thematic idea relating to the simple pleasures in life one takes for granted until they are gone. Finally Frost's poem "Acquainted with the Night" exemplifies the thematic idea relating to the difference between farm and city life by having the narrator merely explain how he has seen a variety of situations throughout his

is saying, and Frosts personal pain that he is suffering from that he ingrains into this poem. The

Upon reading this poem I was not sure what it was going to be about. Thru my first read I still didn’t really understand what happened during the poem. With the use of older grammar and dialogue I was a little lost and had to read the poem a couple times to really understand what happened in the poem. What a story that Frost told in such a short poem with the setting being on a small country farm in New England. He does a great job of sharing what is going on and the environment. His use of great personification allows and really connects with the readers so they can see what is going to happen next. He gives the saw almost human like emotions, sounds and actions to make the story interesting in explaining what is about to happen to this

First and foremost, Frost’s use of universal symbols, gives us/ the readers an unquestionable mood. “Night” divulged in the poem is more than the time from sunset to sunrise and bedtime. Unfortunately, the “night” exposed in the poem is a symbol of the man’s darkness. No doubt, “Rain” and “furthest city light” interconnects with the darkness of the man’s life which ties to the mood. As, the speaker advance through the city he becomes more depressed and isolated. Correspondingly Stanza 4, line 2-3 notes

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.

Frost uses personification by giving "Truth" human-like qualities such as interrupting the speaker. This personification alerts the reader that "Truth," or reality is a major part of the theme of this poem, by giving it

“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”.

Frost uses nature as an image that he wants us to see or a metaphor that he wants us to relate to on a psychological level. To say that Frost is a nature poet is inaccurate.