Robert Frost Research Paper

Many things in life are divided by two sides that oppose each other. Some are optimistic and some pessimistic. People have diverse thoughts about the tone of Robert Frost’s poems. The poems of Robert Frost are not as pessimistic as some believe. The poems are actually bright and show the good parts of life. Robert Frost’s poems show optimism through poems of love, nature, and a motive to keep moving forward. Love is the first point of optimism in the poems. Robert Frost has many poems showing this emotion. A couple of poems that show love is “Hyla Brook” and “A Line-Storm Song”. The tones are very pulled towards the thought of love. As Robert Frost says in the first poem “We love the things we love for what they are.” Also a quote from the second poem says “Oh, come forth into the storm and rout And be my love in the rain” showing he has a love for the world around him. …show more content…
John Lynen said “Frost's nature poetry is so excellent and so characteristic that it must be given a prominent place in any account of his art.” Robert Frost’s very descriptive imagery of the nature in poems such as “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” as well as “Nothing Gold Can Stay”. Nature of this world is a huge key in it’s beauty and Robert Frost seems to believe so. In “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” Frost writes “The woods are lovely, dark, and deep” showing that he has a deep opinion of the beautiful forest around him. Many people believe that “Frost's view of nature is unique may not at first be apparent,”(Lynen) leaving the discussion of optimism or pessimism. Due to the quote in “Nothing Gold Can Stay” that says “Nature’s first green is gold.” Optimism is shown through the deep appreciation of the bountifulness of the beginning of nature’s