Summary Of Robert Lee Frost

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 Frost is one of the most widely-read and recognized poets of the twentieth century, if not all time. If his name is mentioned, it is usually followed by a reference to two roads diverged in a yellow wood and taking the one less traveled by. But lurking in the shadows of the yellow wood of Frost’s poetry are much deeper meanings than are immediately apparent. As the modern poet Billy Collins says in his “Introduction to Poetry”, in order to find the true meaning of a poem we must “…hold it up to the light/ like a color slide” instead of “…beating it with a hose/ to find out what it really means” (1-16). When Frost’s poems are held up to the light, it is revealed

Robert Frost employs figurative language throughout his poem in order to build up a story/movie in the reader’s mind. He uses things like alliteration, onomatopoeia, and personification to catch the reader’s attention and make it even more interesting. To begin, Frost explains how he likes to think of the trees being bent because of little boys playing on them. Rather than the reality, “But swinging doesn’t bend them down to stay./Ice-storms do that.” (Frost 4-5).

Robert Frost also shows his touch of imagery in the poem, “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening”.

Poetry is a literary medium which often resonates with the responder on a personal level, through the subject matter of the poem, and the techniques used to portray this. Robert Frost utilises many techniques to convey his respect for nature, which consequently makes much of his poetry relevant to the everyday person. The poems “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ and “The mending wall” strongly illuminate Frost’s reverence to nature and deal with such matter that allows Frost to speak to ordinary people.

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.

Robert Frost was one of America’s most influential poets. He won countless awards for his work, including four Pulitzer Prizes. Many of Frost’s writings discuss nature and its effect on man. Two of his poems, “Acquainted with the Night” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” exemplify his frequent use of nature. While both poems are similar in topic and contain similar aspects of nature, the speakers differ on their responsibilities, and views of isolation.

The Use of Literary Devices in Robert Frost's Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Imagine being outside with the colorful leaves falling to the ground in warm, comfy clothes and hot chocolate in a mug. Often times poets use nature and sensory detail to inspire their writing and engage their audience with a mental connection. One can compare and contrast Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” to Emily Mottley, Annijah Collins, and McKenna Faychak’s “Seasons Changing” by using specific details from each poem. When interpreting the “The Road Not Taken” and “Seasons Changing,” one can justify that the differences are their poetic structures and making different choices, while at the same time recognize that the similarities are that each use nature images, references to Autumn, and an abundant amount of detail to paint a picture for the reader.

Have you ever smelt a certain scent or heard a certain song and it brought a specific memory or feeling to you? The poem “Birches” is about Birch trees that the author, Robert Frost, connected to his childhood. Frost wants the reader to see his vision of the birch trees. In order for Frost to display his vision he uses elements of style. The reader is able to make the connection that the author is making between the birch trees and his childhood because of the way the poem is written. Frost uses specific words for the reader to understand and imagine the scene in front of them. The author presents a longing tone towards his childhood through the use of diction, imagery, and language.

Robert Frost wrote this poem in 1923 Frost is referencing creation from the perspective of a Christian the poem is about creation and how the creation evolves over time. Frost is an American poet from New England. He was already concerned about the political climate of the 20´ś This peace is a collection from 20th-century poetry

“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”.

Robert Frost’s “Birches” depicts the relationships between imagination and reality, liberation and confinement, and youth and adulthood. The speaker of the poem battles with his current life— adulthood, and uses his reminiscences of adolescence and his imagination as a means to escape from his reality for a period of time. Frost uses three different themes that he presents in three sections to represent his emotions: nature, a young boy, and a mature man who has the opportunity to reflect on his past and current life. The use of nature helps the narrator of the poem to connect his life to his surroundings. His connection with nature helps him come to a realization about his life, which ultimately sparks the use of his avid imagination. The young boy represents the speaker in his youth where he was free, had adventures, and had no demanding obligations. He represents a state of full possibility where the narrator was able to explore any opportunity without harsh consequences. The man at the end of the poem, is the speaker who is taking his whole life into consideration. He is analyzing all the positives and negatives and figuring out the overall meaning of his life. Ultimately, his reflection leads him to come to the conclusion that he took his youth for granted. Each section of the speaker’s life symbolizes his sense of yearning for adolescence and an escape from the restrictions of his current state of life, adulthood.

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)