Robert Frost’s Poetry

Presented by Fakharh Muhabat

14th centurty-18th century

Destiny

Man Nature

Man vs. ManMan vs. NatureMan vs. God

1850th -1930th Live, Let Live

Man vs. Man

Man vs. Nature

Man vs. God

Nature in Frost’s PoetryRobert Frost saw nature as an alien force capable of destroying man, but he also saw man's struggle with nature as a heroic battle. As told in his poem "Our Hold on the Planet",

There is much in nature against us. But we forget: Take nature altogether since time began, Including human nature, in peace and war, And it must be a little more in favor of man, Say a fraction of one percent at the very least, Or our number living wouldn't be steadily more, Our hold on the planet wouldn't have so increased

Isolation…For Frost, the world is often one of isolation. Man has difficulty communicating and relating to one another. As a result, we have a tendency to shut ourselves off from others. In the absence of effective communication, we play the foolish game of avoiding any meaningful contact with others in order to gain privacy.

In "The Mending Wall” Frost reinforces the idea of isolation. When writing about the wall's annual collapse, Frost uses the word

"gaps" to describe the holes in the wall. However, this could also stand for the "gaps" that the neighbors are placing between each other. "No one has seen them made or heard them made" but somehow the gaps naturally exist and are always found when the two get together. 

Isolation

Frost believed that human beings live isolated lives, despite being in close proximity to each other:

‘We keep the wall between us as we go’ [Mending Wall]

‘Good fences make good neighbors’ [Mending Wall]

‘Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less travelled by’ [The Road]

Frost believed that despite our separation as individuals, humans are social beings. At times he ‘And feel a spirit kindred to my own;So that henceforth I worked no more alone’ [Tuft]

‘“Men work together,” I told him from the heart,“Whether they work together or apart”.' [Tuft]

‘I let my neighbor know beyond the hill;And on a day we meet to walk the line’ [Mending Wall]

Divine Force

Frost said “I have no doubts about my believes”But Frost is often preoccupied with describing or suggesting how we would feel to live in a world without God.

Rural Life Versus Urban Life….

However, Frost has more opportunities to find

metaphysical meaning in everyday tasks and explore

the relationship between mankind and nature through the glimpses of rural life and farming communities that he expresses in his poetry. Urban life is "real," but it lacks the

quality and clarity of life that is so fascinating to Frost in his

work.

RURAL LIFE VERSUS URBAN LIFE

Frost's experience growing up in New England exposed him to a particular way of life that seemed less complicated and yet more meaningful than the life of a city dweller. The farmers whom Frost describes in his poetry have a unique perspective on the world as well as a certain sense of honor and duty in terms of their work and their community. Frost is not averse to examining urban life in his poetry; in "Acquainted with the Night," the narrator is described as being someone who lives in a large city.

Home

“Home is the place where , when you have to go there , they have to take you in “

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