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    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

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    Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California. Frost was born to Isabelle Moodie and William Prescott Frost, Jr. William Frost was a teacher who later transitioned into becoming an editor for a local newspaper. Only 11 years after Robert’s birth his father William died which triggered their family to move to Lawrence, Massachusetts under the care of Robert’s grandfather. Frost would go on to attend Lawrence High School where he would excel academically which would lead

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    said, Robert Frost was an intriguing man. In the span of his career, he was awarded four pulitzer prizes and recited a poem at John F. Kennedy’s inauguration. Many of his poems had underlying messages that would influence many people, even today. In short, many of Frost’s poems give life lessons and enlighten the readers on the subjects of nature and life altogether, making Robert Frost an important poet in American History. Robert Lee Frost, named after the famous Southern General Robert E. Lee

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    said], Robert Frost was an intriguing man. [In the span of his career], he was awarded four Pulitzer prizes and recited a poem at John F. Kennedy’s inauguration. Many of his poems had underlying messages that would influence many people, even today. [In short], many of Frost’s poems give life lessons and enlighten the readers on the subjects of nature and life altogether, making Robert Frost an outstanding poet in American History. Robert Lee Frost, named after the famous Southern General Robert E.

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    Robert Frost 's “Acquainted with the Night” is about a man who frequently journeys out at night and roams about the city alone. He is familiar with the atmosphere around him and it’s apparent he has wandered far beyond the city. Throughout the poem the speaker does not communicate with anyone and a sense of silence and suspense pervade his walks. It is understood that the speaker is very lonely on his walks and often finds himself hoping someone would call out to him. As the speaker strolls through

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    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

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    The works of poet Robert Frost are in fact famous for his time, because they impacted the world of poetry. Though his poems bring the theme of nature, there is more to his rich poetry. His poems shape an image of life and how life interacts with the surrounding environment. Robert Frost’s two poems "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "After Apple Picking," talk about the reality of life by telling the story of a person in their early life compared to a person at the end of life. Some

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    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 major theme incorporated in his work making life choices. For example, Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" the persona walking along and coming to a point where he must decide on which two paths to take: "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood/ And sorry I could not travel both/ And be one traveler, long I stood" (Frost 1-3)

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    Name Professor Course Date Poetry Analysis Essay Robert Lee Frost was an American, highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech (Bloom 10). In his poems, he employs several stylistic devices that give the poem a good flow. Frost’s poems, Birches and Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening, share certain stylistic elements such as he uses rhetoric questions, repetition, alliteration, symbolism, and imagery. In Birches, a rhetoric question

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    “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

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