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"Frost was the first American poet who could honestly be reckoned a master-poet by world standards."--Robert Graves
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A proven bestseller time and time again, "Robert Frost's Poems" contains all of Robert Frost's best-known poems-and dozens more-in a portable anthology. Here are "Birches," "Mending Wall," "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," "Two Tramps at Mudtime," "Choose Something Like a Star," and "The Gift Outright," which Frost read at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy." An essential addition to every home library, "Robert Frost's Poems" is a celebration of the New England countryside, Frost's appreciation of common folk, and his wonderful understanding of the human condition. These classic verses touch our hearts and leave behind a lasting impression.
* Over 100 poems
* All Frost's best known verses from throughout his life
* Over 100 poems
* All Frost's best known verses from throughout his life
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I have a background in English poetry and have only just come across Robert Frost. I bought this book as an introduction to his poetry . This is not the book to buy if you are new to Robert Frost. The commentary is so interwoven with the poems that it is hard to see which is which. Also I do not think the poems are in date order - or if they are it is not clear. This is a book to purchase if you know the poems and are looking for commentary. It is not a good book to buy if you are trying to read the poems for the first time. I shall buy another book of Frosts poems as his poetry is very good - and hopefully buy one without an interleaved commentary. This commentary does not even tell me what date Frost died.
10 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
For me, Robert Frost is one of the best poet of the 20th century. His work really penetrates the reader, and I usely read a poem 2 or 3 times, outloud, to completely enjoy and feel it deeply. And every time I'm charmed. A must to have in one's library, to read from time to time.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Man & Nature- The Epic
6 Mar 2003
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Frost always set man in an interesting light to nature. This collection catches the flow of his thoughts clearly. It's a fine collection with a lot to offer. People who are not used to Frost will like this. It will serve as a great introduction to the man. I still have a special place in my heart for 'The Gift Outright'. A good deep read. Educational.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
An Approachable Robert Frost Collection
1 Dec 2005
Format:Paperback
I had not read much of Frost since I saw him give a reading at Dartmouth College in the last year of his life. This September, I went back to New Hampshire for the first time in 39 years, visiting my old campus -- and Robert Frost's farm near Franconia Notch. In my bag was Louis Untermeyer's delightful selection of Frost poems, interspersed by his lucid, but unobtrusive commentary.
Frost is a poet who has a very distinctive "voice" in his works. It takes a bit of ferreting out to see how it changes from one poem to another, sometimes substantially, from wry and folksy all the way to devastatingly ironic. To help us with the process, Untermeyer groups several like poems together between blocks of commentary. Each group acted as a separate unit to assist in breaking the text into readable chunks.
Especially with a book of poetry, that is no mean feat. It helped that Untermeyer knew Frost as well as any man alive. The selection is superb, including my favorites: "After Apple-Picking," "The Sound of the Trees," "The Death of the Hired Man," and "Mending Wall."
For the price, there is no better collection. It is Untermeyer's special gift to make it more fun to read.
Frost is a poet who has a very distinctive "voice" in his works. It takes a bit of ferreting out to see how it changes from one poem to another, sometimes substantially, from wry and folksy all the way to devastatingly ironic. To help us with the process, Untermeyer groups several like poems together between blocks of commentary. Each group acted as a separate unit to assist in breaking the text into readable chunks.
Especially with a book of poetry, that is no mean feat. It helped that Untermeyer knew Frost as well as any man alive. The selection is superb, including my favorites: "After Apple-Picking," "The Sound of the Trees," "The Death of the Hired Man," and "Mending Wall."
For the price, there is no better collection. It is Untermeyer's special gift to make it more fun to read.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Excellent Introduction
27 Aug 2005
Format:Paperback
I would like to make an additional comment in reference to the two previous reviewers. While I certainly agree with their evaluation of Frost's ability and scope, many who hear or read "man and nature" might not make the connection Frost so often made in his works, letters, and life. Frost was constantly drawing the line of demarcation: between our dream relationship with nature and our actually lack thereof. But moreover, the tenuous relationship between science (mankind's reasoning mind) and the greater world (nature's passion and drives).
Frost not only looked at what we gained from "progress," but also what we lost. After all, what is progress? It certainly depends on your view...
Frost not only looked at what we gained from "progress," but also what we lost. After all, what is progress? It certainly depends on your view...
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