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  1. Robert Frost: The Poet as Philosopher by Peter Stanlis, 2008-10-01
  2. The Robert Frost Reader: Poetry and Prose by Robert Frost, 2002-04-01
  3. Frost: Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) by Robert Frost, 1997-06-24
  4. Robert Frost: The People, Places, and Stories Behind His New England Poetry by Lea Newman, 2000-11
  5. Robert Frost's New England by Betsy Melvin, Tom Melvin, 2000-08-01
  6. Works of Robert Frost (150+) Includes A Boy's Will, North of Boston, Mountain Interval and other poems. (mobi) by Robert Frost, 2009-03-18
  7. The Cambridge Introduction to Robert Frost (Cambridge Introductions to Literature) by Robert Faggen, 2008-10-13
  8. Robert Frost: The Work of Knowing by Richard Poirier, 1990-04-01
  9. Applied Kinesiology: A Training Manual and Reference Book of Basic Principles and Practices by Robert Frost, 2002-03-21
  10. In the Clearing by Robert Frost, 1995-09
  11. Robert Frost [selected Poems] by Robert Frost, 2010-01-05
  12. Poems of Robert Frost. Large Collection, includes A Boy's Will, North of Boston and Mountain Interval by Robert Frost, 2009-12-28
  13. Robert Frost by Lesley Lee Francis, 2004-09-17
  14. 101 Great American Poems (Dover Thrift Editions) by Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, et all 1998-01-21

21. Robert Frost
An introduction by Eiichi Hishikawa, Kobe University.
http://www.lit.kobe-u.ac.jp/~hishika/frost.htm
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Robert Frost (1874-1963)
The Telephone "When I was just as far as I could walk From here today, There was an hour All still When leaning with my head against a flower I heard you talk. Don't say I didn't, for I heard you say You spoke from that flower on the windowsill Do you remember what it was you said?" "First tell me what it was you thought you heard." "Having found the flower and driven a bee away, I leaned my head, And holding by the stalk, I listened and I thought I caught the word What was it? Did you call me by my name? Or did you say Someone said 'Come'I heard it as I bowed." "I may have thought as much, but not aloud." "Well, so I came." [(from Mountain Interval The Poetry of Robert Frost
Bibliography
  • Brower, Reuben A., The Poetry of Robert Frost
  • Brunshaw, Stanley, Robert Frost Himself
  • Clymer, W. B. S., Robert Frost: A Bibliography
  • Egmond, Peter Van, The Critical Reception of Robert Frost: An Annotated Bibliography of Secondary Comment
  • Frost, Robert, The Poetry of Robert Frost: The Collected Poems, Complete and Unabridged

22. Robert Lee Frost, American Poet Extraordinaire, Poets And Poetry At Aspirennies.
robert frost, American Poet Extraordinaire, 18741963, American poet whose deceptively simple works, often set in rural New England,
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Poets and Poetry, Robert Frost -:- Robert Frost Reading List by Katharena -:- but, I can't write Poetry, Katharena! -:- Poetic Styles -:- Get Your Poetry Published! ... Erotic Poetry Robert Frost, 1874-1963. Frost, an American poet whose deceptively simple works, often set in rural New England, explore the relationships between individuals and between people and nature. Frost's poetry is structured within traditional metrical and rhythmical schemes; he disliked free verse. Although he concentrates on ordinary subject matter, Frost's emotional range is wide and deep, and his poems often shift dramatically from a tone of humorous banter to the passionate expression of tragic experience. Frost regarded nature as a beautiful but dangerous force, worthy of admiration but nonetheless fraught with peril. His work shows his strong sympathy for the values of early American society.
Robert Lee Frost
. . . American Poet Extraordinaire . . .
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less travelled by

23. Poet: Robert Frost - All Poems Of Robert Frost
Poet robert frost All poems of robert frost .. poetry.
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Quotations "The kind of Unitarian
Who having by elimination got
From many gods to Three, and Three to One,
Thinks why not taper off to none at all." Robert Frost (1874-1963), U.S. poet. "A Masque of Mercy." "The birch begins to crack its outer sheath Of baby green and show the white beneath...." Robert Frost (1874-1963), U.S. poet. "A Young Birch." Comments about Robert Frost Click here to write your comments about Robert Frost Ciara Mccabe (9/29/2007 10:17:00 AM) People have both passion and apathy, which is a form of hatred. Fire is the impulse that people might have to change things either to their own benefit or the good of everybody, ice is indifference and numbness. Frost had religious belief, but he was conflicted, and that might explain why he chooses how the world would end, but holds back from being that hopeful. In another poem he talks about how a little boy died and nobody cared, and how it didn't seem to matter in the grand scheme of things so I guess that he might be saying here that the cosmos is indifferent or icy.

24. Robert Frost Poems, Analysis, Links, Poetry
A look into the life of robert frost. robert frost s poems, analysis, links, poetry.
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Summer is the season of daydreams. The days become longer and the stretched ends of the evenings blend into the nights. The summer breeze brings with it memories of carefree childhood days, of swings, of mangoes, of starry skies and most vividly the trees in bloom - the fiery red Palash (Flame of the Forest), the orange Gulmohar (Royal Poinciana), the mauve Kachnar (Jacaranda), the lemony Amaltash (Golden chain tree or Cassia Fistula). It’s RF’s birthday on March 26. Presenting here, two of his philosophical poems on trees -

25. Poetry Archives @ EMule.com
Home » Classic Poets » robert Lee frost. EMail Printable View. Author Picture. robert Lee frost. (1874-1963). Out, Out– The buzz-saw snarled and
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26. PAL: Robert Frost (1874-1963)
robert frost videorecording. South Carolina Educational Television Network, a New York Center for Visual History production; director, Peter Hammer;
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PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide - An Ongoing Project Paul P. Reuben (To send an email, please click on my name above.) Chapter 7: Robert Frost (1874-1963) A Frost Bouquet Primary Works Biographical 1980-Present Critical 1980-Present ... Home Page
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Source: 1995 Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, the Bettmann Archive
"I'm always saying something that's just the edge of something more." - RF
Employing the plain speech of rural New Englanders, Frost used the short traditional forms of lyric and narrative. As a nature poet, he belongs to the romantic tradition of Wordsworth and Emerson. Although Frost's nature has obvious simplicity, he probes an indifferent universe with its mysteries of darkness and irrationality. Primary Works A Boy's Will North of Boston Mountain Interval New Hampshire West-Running Brook A Further Range A Witness Tree Steeple Bush In the Clearing NY: Library of America, 1995. PS3511 .R94 A6

27. Robert Frost Quotes
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28. The First Three Poems And One That Got Away
Sometime in 1912, before robert frost made his famous leap to live under thatch in England, where he would become known as a poet, he sent some of his
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Robert Frost in The Atlantic Monthly January 31, 2006 An Atlantic editor snubs a poet and lives to regret it
The First Three Poems and One That Got Away
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sponsored by: document.write(''); E-mail Article Printer Format S ometime in 1912, before Robert Frost made his famous leap to "live under thatch" in England, where he would become known as a poet, he sent some of his poems to Ellery Sedgwick, the editor of The Atlantic Monthly , and in due course received a personal reply that read, "We are sorry that we have no place in The Atlantic Monthly
Sedgwick's ambiguous snub rankled in Frost's memory. During the two and a half years he lived in England his first two books of poetry, A Boy's Will (1913) and North of Boston (1914), were published there, though not yet in the United States. Thanks partly to Ezra Pound, Amy Lowell, and Harriet Monroe's Poetry magazine, Frost's poems were hailed in advance of U.S. publication as representing a new American voice. In February, 1915, North of Boston was published in New York, just as the Frost family set foot back in the United States.

29. Web Lesson
Students will use the internet and the various links provided to gain information about robert frost and answer any of the questions on the web lesson
http://www.viterbo.edu/academic/ug/education/edu250/hllaurent.htm
Discovering Robert Frost
with Ms. Hillary L. Laurent
Objectives:
1. Students will use the internet and the various links provided to gain information about Robert Frost and answer any of the questions on the web lesson worksheet. 2. Students will use this lesson as a starting point for their own author presentations. 3. Students will participate in a class discussion following the web lesson.
The past few weeks we have been spending much time studying poets and their poetry. For this web lesson on Robert Frost and two of his poems, we will be browsing the Internet to find links that provide us with some insight on Frost and his work. We will also discuss his poetry in a more formal way during class. To begin, print out this sheet. Browse the following sites to gain more information on Robert Frost: http://www.viterbo.edu/academic/ug/education/edu250/hllaurent2.htm
http://www.viterbo.edu/academic/ug/education/edu250/hllaurent3.htm

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Robert Frost Worksheet The Road Not Taken
1. Describe both of the roads that the author finds.

30. Featured Author: Robert Frost
Others abide our endless questioning about contemporary poetry robert frost stands free and serene and magnificent, for all the world as if he were the
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Featured Author: Robert Frost
With News and Reviews From the Archives of The New York Times In This Feature
  • Reviews of Robert Frost's Books
  • Reviews of Books About Robert Frost
  • Articles About Robert Frost Related Link
  • Christopher Benfey Reviews Jay Parini's 'Robert Frost: A Life' (April 25, 1999)
    Peter Davison/Houghton Mifflin Robert Frost in the 1920's. REVIEWS OF ROBERT FROST'S BOOKS:
  • Steeple Bush ,' reviewed by Randall Jarrell
    "'Steeple Bush' is no book to convert intellectuals to Frost. Yet the ordinary 'highbrow' reader is making a far greater mistake when he neglects Frost as commonplace, than the academic reader makes when he apotheosizes him, often on the basis of his most complacent or sentimental poems."
  • A Masque of Mercy
    "The humor of the masque is proportional to its seriousness. Reading it is a difficult delight. It is worth many readings. And it would be exciting to watch great actors perform it on stage."
  • Complete Poems of Robert Frost
    "Others abide our endless questioning about contemporary poetry Robert Frost stands free and serene and magnificent, for all the world as if he were the George Washington of modern American verse."
  • In the Clearing
    "New poem after new poem makes clear how deeply each Frost poem bears on all Frost poems, and how surely all are a constant symbol of his life's commitment to making metaphors that clarify the dark paradoxes they contain."
  • 31. The Wondering Minstrels (poet)
    985, 19 Jan 2002, robert frost, Once by the Pacific, The shattered water . 170, 8 Aug 1999, robert frost, The Need of Being Versed in Country Things
    http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/index_poet_F.html
    The Wondering Minstrels
    Main page Sorted on poet , letter F Date Poet Title Length 6 Jun 2001 Catherine Faber The Word of God From desert cliff an... 28 Jan 2004 Faiz Ahmed Faiz Let Me Think You ask me about tha... 13 Jun 1999 Faiz Ahmed Faiz A Prison Evening Each star a rung, 9 Apr 2001 Faiz Ahmed Faiz Be Near Me You who demolish me,... 17 Apr 2003 George Faludy Learn by Heart This Poem of Mine Learn by heart this ... 08 Sep 2000 U. A. Fanthorpe You Will Be Hearing From Us Shortly You feel adequate to... 26 May 2000 U. A. Fanthorpe Not my Best Side I 17 Jul 2000 U. A. Fanthorpe Dear Mr Lee Dear Mr Lee (Mr Smar... 21 Oct 1999 Edgar Fawcett Two Worlds A fiery young world,... 5 Nov 2003 James Fenton The Ideal This is where I came... 8 Jan 2004 James Fenton Out of Danger Heart be kind and si... 29 Aug 2005 James Fenton Yellow Tulips Looking into the vas... 12 Jan 2003 James Fenton In Paris with You Don’t talk to me of ... 25 Feb 2003 James Fenton Out of the East Out of the South cam... 17 Jan 2003 James Fenton The Ballad of the Imam and the Shah (An Old Persian Legend) 21 Nov 2002 Lawrence Ferlinghetti Sandinista Avioncitos The little airplanes...

    32. Salon.com Audio | Robert Frost
    Born in San Francisco in 1874, robert frost is considered one of America s leading poets of the 20th century. Essentially, frost is thought of as a pastoral
    http://www.salon.com/audio/2000/10/05/frost/

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  • Robert Frost From "Robert Frost Reads", Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening and After Apple-Picking Print story E-mail story Backflip this story to find it again Born in San Francisco in 1874, Robert Frost is considered one of America's leading poets of the 20th century. Essentially, Frost is thought of as a pastoral poet whose work closely reflects the scenery and life of rural New England. He is noted for his ability to join this pastoral imagery with philosophical themes to create strong lyrical poems. Over the years, Frost received an unprecedented number of literary, academic, and public honors including the Pulitzer Prize, which he was awarded four times. Frost's poetic and political conservatism did cause him to lose favor with some literary critics, however, in the end his reputation as a major American poet has remained secure. Frost died in Boston in 1963.

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    North Dakota landscape painter on the Lewis and Clark trail, Missouri River and the upper Great Plains.
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    FALL COLORS 6X8 Landscape painting with several unique twists is the Paris legacy. Taking advantage of his hometown setting in historic Man dan, ND Frosty, has captured the essence of the beauty and grace of the region - from the prairie potholes to the magnificent Missouri River and on to the T. Roosevelt National Park. Frosty paints on location (en plein air) and uses his "field study" to create large paintings in the studio.  Many of these beauties grace the walls of large homes and offices.  The smaller paintings present excellent opportunity for bringing the elegance of the prairie and river into a variety of spaces. Large or small, Paris' paintings are known to reflect the artist's personal interpretative style and to create "aha moments" when viewers say, "I have been there" or "I want to go there!"  Alive with color and meticulous detail Paris fills his gallery with images of what is real in the great Missouri Valley.

    34. Quoteland :: Quotations By Author
    robert frost, quoted in Wall Street Journal (New York) , August 5, 1969 -robert frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
    http://www.quoteland.com/author.asp?AUTHOR_ID=127

    35. IMS: Robert Frost, HarperAudio
    American poet robert frost reads WestRunning Brook and The Death of the Hired Man. These poems, really miniature plays, use a rural New England milieu
    http://town.hall.org/radio/HarperAudio/012294_harp_ITH.html
    Robert Frost
    The Road Not Taken
    American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963) reads "The Road Not Taken," "The Pasture," "Mowing," "Birches," "After Apple-Picking," and "The Tuft of Flowers." Set in rural New England, Frost's poetry uses ordinary events and objects from his life in New England as metaphors for complex ideas and feelings. "The Road Not Taken" presents the classic choice of a moment and a lifetime, while "The Tuft of Flowers" explores the meaning of common human experiences. Frost, who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1924, 1931, 1937, and 1943, described a poem as "a momentary stay against confusion." These straightforward but intense readings were made in 1956 at Frost's home.
    The Death of the Hired Man
    American poet Robert Frost reads "West-Running Brook" and "The Death of the Hired Man." These poems, really miniature plays, use a rural New England milieu to express deeper emotional themes of human relationships and the imminence of death. Frost, who was born in 1874 and died in 1963, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1924, 1931, 1937, and 1943. He once described a poem as "a momentary stay against confusion." These readings were recorded in 1956 at Frost's home.

    36. Robert Frost Out Loud - Audio MP3 Recordings, Poem Texts, Robert Frost Poetry
    robert frost Out Loud is a collection of poetry and mp3 recordings of robert frost poems. Poems texts are displayed along with a recording of the poem by a
    http://robertfrostoutloud.com/
    "The sound is the gold in the ore." - Robert Frost
    A Boy's Will
    North of Boston
    Mountain Interval
    Mowing

    The Pasture

    The Road Not Taken

    The Tuft of Flowers
    ...
    The Vanishing Red

    Robert Frost mined the New England farmscape for the "sound of sense"
    and preserved it forever in his poems. One great way to enjoy this sound, the "gold in the ore" of Robert Frost poetry, is by hearing it read aloud while browsing the actual text. The sounds combine in pleasing ways and the overall impact of the poem grows far beyond the words inked on the page. This simple reverential website presents my own mp3 audio recordings of several Robert Frost poems as an easy way to read and hear Robert Frost poetry and as a humble supplement to the vast body of work surrounding his poetry. For some of the poems collected here*, you will also find mp3 audio recordings of Robert Frost's own recitations. Robert Frost Poem Titles in Bold Include An Audio MP3 Recording tableWorkaround(5) Robert Frost Out Loud Audio Recordings and Texts of Robert Frost Poetry

    37. Robert Frost Farm, Derry, New Hampshire
    The robert frost Farm was home to robert frost and his family from 19001911. frost, one of the nation s most acclaimed poets whose writings are said to be
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    The Robert Frost Farm was home to Robert Frost and his family from 1900-1911. Frost, one of the nation's most acclaimed poets whose writings are said to be the epitome of New England, attributed many of his poems to memories from the Derry years. The simple two-story white clapboard farmhouse is typical of New England in the 1880s. Tours, displays, a trail, and poetry readings are all available at the park. Programs are offered to the public at no charge. This National Historic Landmark is supported by the Division of Parks and Recreation, the Robert Frost Homestead Trustees, and the Friends of the Robert Frost Farm. Winners of the 2007 Youth Poet Contest are now online. Click here to see the list of poets and their winning poems. Address:
    122 Rockingham Road, Derry NH 03038
    Mailing Address:
    P.O. Box 1075, Derry, NH 03038
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    Longitude -71.29660700, Latitude 42.87297600

    38. Robert Frost - Essays On His Poems & Poetry
    robert frost analysis of robert frost s poems - essays and papers to help students writing about poetry.
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    While many have called Robert Frost a "gentle New England poet," some have found his themes more indicative of a "poet of terror." Students writing essays on the poetry of Robert Frost often view his work in the latter light; only it's understanding his message that they find to be so terrifying rather than the content of that message itself!
    This site lists dozens of essays on Robert Frost's poetry!!!
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    39. Robert Frost (1874-1963)
    For historical issues, the Cowley and O Donnell essays in James Cox s robert frost A Collection of Critical Essays are helpful.
    http://www.georgetown.edu/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/frost.html
    Robert Frost (1874-1963)
    Contributing Editor: James Guimond
    Classroom Issues and Strategies
    Students generally respond well to the basic emotional or psychological experiences expressed in Frost's poems. Some of themfor example, ones who have had a philosophy course or twomay raise questions about the implications of poems like "Design." Students often have difficulty appreciating (a) the skill and subtlety with which Frost uses traditional poetic devices such as rhyme and meter; (b) the sparse pleasures he discovers in some of his rural and natural subjects; (c) the bleakness and/or ambiguity of his more "philosophical" poems. Sometimes they also have difficulty understanding that the values he presented in his poems were derived from a type of community or society that was very different from their own: one that was rural, fearful of change, distrustful of technology, proud of craftsmanship, and deeply committed to privacy and self-reliance. Regarding the formal devices and ambiguity, there is no substitute for traditional "close reading." (Quotes from Frost's essays, "The Constant Symbol" and "The Figure a Poem Makes" can be helpful in this regard.) The sparse pleasures can be seen in poems like "The Pasture" and "The Investment," and the bleakness can be discerned in the endings of "Once by the Pacific" and "Desert Places." The social values can be seen in dramatic poems like "The Fear" and "The Ax-Helve," as well as in "Mending Wall."

    40. Robert Frost: After Apple-Picking
    Born in San Francisco, frost spent most of his adult life in rural New England and his laconic language and emphasis on individualism in his poetry reflect
    http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/frost_apple.
    Robert Frost: After Apple-Picking (1914)
    In the two poems below we see how, like Wordsworth, Frost takes an ordinary experience and transforms it into a meditative moment, a philosophical musing. Apple-picking slides gradually away from merely harvesting fruit to considering how life has been experienced fully but with some regrets and mistakes. The reference to winter coming on feels like the presence of mortalilty. The question about what kind of sleep to anticipate suggests untroubled oblivion or possibly some kind of new life just as the woodchuck reawakens to fresh life in the spring after his hibernation.
    At what point does the poem begin to suggest something more than realistic description of an experience? What words hint at something symbolic developing?
    My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree
    Toward heaven still,
    And there's a barrel that I didn't fill
    Beside it, and there may be two or three
    Apples I didn't pick upon some bough.
    But I am done with apple-picking now.
    Essence of winter sleep is on the night

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