Robert Frost's Fragmentary Blue

Robert Frost’s approach to human isolation is always an interesting exploration. His poem of desertion and neglect paired with eternal hopefulness ignite the reader in his poem “The Census-Taker.” All of the elements of a Frost poem are in this particular poem. “The Census-Taker” must be from an earlier time in Frost’s career because the poem is written in an open, free verse similar to the style of his earlier 20th century poetry like “Mending Wall” and “After Apple-Picking.” Also, the language lacks the sophisticated word selection a reader of poetry might find in Wallace Stevens and instead uses simplicity to

Conclusively, Frost uses multiple literary devices to create a more easily understood piece. Frost clearly depicts a real life situation in this poem by creating a problem involving decision making. Frost begins the poem by showing two roads, both covered in leaves. Both paths appear to be worn at about the same condition, but Frost cannot decide whether or not one road is better than another. He expresses his decision making process by elaborating on how he still would like to keep the first path for another day. However, he changes ideas and states how his decision that he took with the less traveled path was life-changing. The extended metaphor allows the reader to understand the figurative meaning of the roads, and apply them to real-life

Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874, in San Francisco, California. He spent the first 11 years of his life there, until his journalist father, William Prescott Frost Jr., died of tuberculosis. Following his father's passing, Frost moved with his mother and sister, Jeanie, to the town of Lawrence, Massachusetts. They moved in with his grandparents, and Frost attended Lawrence High School, where he met his future love and wife, Elinor White, who was his co-valedictorian when they graduated in 1892.

The first stanza was opened using a strong statement. The phrase “what joy” proposes the intensity of gladness. The statement “For there is someone to share/ In all his suffering and pain” is the one referred to such gladness.

Robert Frost, one of the most well-known and well respected American poets, he wrote a lot about rural life in New England and how the lifestyle differed from here in America. Robert Lee Frost was born March 26, 1874 and he passed away on January 29, 1963 from complications from prostate surgery. He was born in San Francisco, California, and he died in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 88. He was married to Elinor Miriam White (1895-1938) and they had a total of six children. Robert Frost’s children’s were named, Elliot (1896-1904), Lesley (1899-1983), Carol (1902-1940), Irma (1903-1967), Majorie (1905-1934), Elinor Bettina (1907).

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.

Robert Frost was an American poet who was known for his realistic depictions of rural life. “Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, California, to journalist William Prescott Frost, Jr., and Isabelle Moodie.”(Robert Frost - Robert Frost Biography - Poem Hunter "Robert Frost - Robert Frost Biography - Poem Hunter"). His father was known for being a hard drinking, pistol carrying, unsophisticated journalist. Isabelle Moodie, his mother, suffered from depression. Both of his parents were teachers so he was exposed to reading and writing at an early age. Frost spent only a few years of his life in California until he moved with his father. Later, his father died from tuberculous and he was moved in with his mother and one sibling, Jeanie Frost, who was two years younger.

Robert Frost, an American poet known for his depicting the complexity of society and philosophy within his poetry. Professor Cole says that Frost is the scariest poet in U.S. literature and this is something I agree with. However when I mean that Frost is scary, I mean that he frightens his readers with his realistic views of the world. Frost uses his psychological complexity and dark views of the world as his base for his work. America lives on the American Dream which is the model that every United States citizen will have an equal chance to accomplish success and wealth through solid effort, purpose, and ingenuity. Frost’s work shines the light that the theory of American Dream is nonexistent. Frost shows people that not everything is sunshine

While he lived Robert Frost enjoyed the recognition as an accomplished poet. He was a multiple Pulitzer Prize recipient as well as honoree of the Congressional Gold Medal. Considered one of the finest modernist poets of the twentieth century he favored traditional poetic structure. His poems to this day are admired for the depiction of the bucolic nature of New England and his practiced use of the everyday spoken word.

Robert Frost was one of the most famous American poets. He was believed to have started a unique style in poetry: portraying what the readers are farmiliar with, not what they do not know (“Robert Frost”).

“Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost is a very interesting poem to analyze because it is open to so many different interpretations. This is something Frost was very talented at with his work, as many of his other poems can all be open to multiple interpretations. One meaning of this poem could simply be Frost revealing his introverted personality while making a routine walk in the city of London. Although this is only a setting, since we see other dark aspects of this poem. This poem uses a handful of literary devices but focuses on symbolism and setting.

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 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.

“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”.

Q: In some poems what is described is given a meaning beyond the immediately obvious. Explore any one of the poems where this feature is most memorable.