Robert Frost Research Paper

Choosing Normal Robert Frost was not a die-hard socialist or a flaming romanticist. He wrote poetry for most of his life. He was, at the end of his long life, one of the most honored poets of his time. He is the most widely read of the American poets. Frost’s poetry is masterfully crafted and well loved through out the world. His poetry was written to enjoy, not to protest or make a point. Robert Frost was not a tortured, soulful poet, living in a dark attic, writing his verse on scraps of paper, to be found after his tragic death. He was not an alcoholic nor did he use drugs. He did not end his life at a young age. He did not carry a banner for reform of governments, or wave a flag to support angry environmentalists. No one finds hidden …show more content…
The words could be pushed, pulled, and wring some other meanings out of each one. For example,
“Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though” (1-2).
Did he mean to protest absentee landlords of tenement housing? Or maybe rulers live outside of their kingdoms.
“He will not see me stopping here.
To watch his woods fill up with snow” (3-4).
Was he speaking of ambitious tyrants who view bordering countries to add to their lands? Was he referring to adjoining nations filling up with other ethnic groups or races, as Poland filled with Jews? Perhaps he meant substandard housing filling with disease-ridden tenants?
“My little horse must think it queer to stop without a farm house near” (5-6).
Could this be a support of the Gay Rights Movement? Or perhaps a protest against how “near” the Movement has brought an alternative life style to the center of our society.
“He gives his harness bells a shake to ask if there is some mistake” (9-10). Is the “shake of the bells” a collective awakening of our …show more content…
There we watch as nature’s beauty stages her drama. Then dreamily the viewer reflects on life. The meter and rhyme of the simple verse carry the words and thought from couplet to line, from beginning to end. Word sound and strength are used to enhance the flow of the verse. Many on various occasions have read “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”. It has been used in elementary, middle, and high school as memorized recitation. The flow and rhythm of the lines are easy and sweetly fulfilling. Its gentle warmth wraps us like old family quilts. It scenes and images are as familiar as our own yesterdays. This verse is heard at birthday parties, memorials, and many other