How did Robert Frost's personal life change his Poetry?
Poetry is a lyrical way of expressing the writer's deepest emotions. It is language filled with meaning and meant to be contemplated by the reader. Poetry is pleasing to the ear and the emotions of the words fill poetry with deep meaning. The reader must analyze every word to get the full meaning of a poem. A poet's personal life can be reflected and dissected within their body of work. The poetry of Robert Frost is an excellent example of both the deeper meaning within poetry and how a writer's personal tragedy can be turned into something beautiful.Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874 to Isabel Moodie and William Prescott Frost, Jr. His father was a drunk and gambled away everything he earned. Life for young Robert Frost was filled with many problems. In 1879, Frost entered kindergarten but came home after one day because of nervous stomach pain and did not return afterward. He was home schooled for many years after telling his mother he heard voices while he was alone. His mother told him that he shared her gift of "second hearing" and "second sight," which is the idea that some people hear spirits or ghosts, when no one else can. In 1885 his father died of tuberculosis, leaving his family with only $8.00. After his
Whiteness and blankness are two main ideas in this poem. The snow (the whiteness) is a white blanket that covers up everything living. The blankness symbolizes the emptiness that the speaker feels while observing this. To him there is nothing else around except for the coldness of the snow and his own lonely thoughts. The speaker, as he walks, feels as if he is so displaced, he is part of nothing. He says," The loneliness includes me unawares." The speaker appears to be numbed by the coldness of the woods and the coldness of his life. He cannot express his feelings easily because of this feeling of numbness. Perhaps he recognizes that this winter scene was like his life. He had let despair and loneliness run his life and take over just like the snow had covered all signs of life. The narrator realizes the feelings are controlling his life and eventually all his feeling would be smothered and destroyed just like the snow suffocates the nature below it. Frost perhaps felt s! "Robert Frost." Dictionary of Literary Biography. 3rd series. Ed. Peter Quartermain. Vol.54. Detroit: Gale, 1987. PP 93-121. Robert Frost's writing was metrical and rhythmical. He based a lot of it on interactions between humans and Nature. He thought of nature as a dangerous and not beautiful. His writings were not a pattern but shifted from being humorous to tragic, not unlike his life. His poetry could be read as an autobiography of sorts. Frost lost his family young and had a hard life, yet when he had his own family, he drove them away and caused his own misery. This contrast in his life can be shown through the poems "Desert Places" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." Human Values in the Poetry of Robert Frost: A Study of a Poet's Convictions. Durham, N.C. Duke University Press, 1960, p242 "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, Drama and the Essay. Robert DiYanni. Boston:McGraw, 1998. P689 . "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is a much happier and upbeat poem than "Desert Places." This poem is about stopping to enjoy life and was perhaps how Frost wished his life could have been if he had followed through with his family life. uffocated by the early death of his fath
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