The Poetry of Robert Frost

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This article discusses the late American poet, Robert Frost. The author describes Frost as a modernist who mingled tradition with innovation and convention with originality and discusses Frost's unique literature style. The paper includes biographical data on Frost and talks about the obstacles Frost encountered throughout his career. The paper also praises Frost for his choice to preserve the conventional lyrical form in his poems.

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"Frost's biographical data are important in the analysis of his work and its place inside modernism, since he is generally considered as one of the most representative poets of New England due to the local color that he infused into his poetry. He was born in San Francisco and, after he got married, he lived for ten years on the farm his grandfather had given to him in Derry, New Hampshire. Since the income coming from the farm was too low for his numerous family, Frost took up teaching, first in Derry and then in Plymouth. During the ten years the poet spent at the farm in Derry he wrote poetry and endeavored to publish it in various journals and periodicals in New Hampshire, but almost all the editors refused his work."

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• Bertens, Hans (1995) The Idea of the Postmodern: A History. New York: Rutledge
• Cox, Sidney (1957) A Swinger of Birches: A Portrait of Robert Frost. New York: New York University Press
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• Frost, Robert (1930) Collected Poems of Robert Frost. New York: Henry Holt
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