The Poetry of Robert Frost by Robert Frost

It was abroad that Frost met and was influenced by a number of contemporary British poets such as Edward Thomas, Rupert Brooke and Robert Graves. The couple moved to England in 1912, after their farm went bankrupt. In 1895, Frost married Elinor Miriam White, who became the greatest inspiration for his poems until her death in 1938. In the next few years he managed to publish another twelve poems in newspapers. He published his first poem entitled My Butterfly: An Elegy, which appeared on the front page of the New York Independent in November 8th, 1894. He is considered the most popular poet in the United States and is one of the most important poets of the 20th century, even if he cannot be clearly assigned to any modern literary Movement. There's even some overlap between the two collections, so those with a keen ear can compare the variations between different readings.About Robert Frost Robert Lee Frost (Ma– January 29, 1963) was an American poet and four-time Pulitzer Prize winner. In 'Mending Wall,' Frost sounds almost accusatory as he tells of the gaps in a stone wall. 'No one has seen them made or heard them made,' he complains. Then he admonishes the stones that he and a neighbor have replaced, telling them to: 'stay where you are until our backs are turned!'Īlso featured are readings of 'Nothing Gold Can Stay,' 'Fire and Ice,' 'Birches,' and others. Jones writes:įrost is a prickly, challenging, even somewhat devious character whose pleasingly musical lines and quaint, pastoral images lure readers into poems that harbor much less cheerful attitudes than they expect to find, and much more complex and mature ideas. Both offer a chance to re-evaluate what you thought you knew about the famous poet. One was created in 1951 by the The National Council of Teachers of English, the other comes from Harper Audio and was recorded in 1956. Writer and musician Josh Jones explains that the collection is now available as two Spotify albums. That's the pleasure in listening to Frost narrate a collection of his own poems curated by Open Culture. To hear a literary work in the author's own voice is a treat and can ignite new feelings about the words.

Sighs and hesitations convey the real message. The poet's voice is a little croaky and tired-sounding as his traveler contemplates those two roads. Ward, senior historian at the National Portrait Gallery explores the poem here, but the true meaning also becomes clear with a listen to Frost reading his own work. While the poem, Robert Frost's 'The Road Not Taken,' might have become favorite fodder for inspirational quotes and posters, a reading of the whole piece reveals it offers a much more ambiguous message about uncertainty and the stories we tell ourselves.ĭavid C. 'Two roads diverged in a yellow wood…' is the start of perhaps one of the best-known, most-quoted poems in American history.

The Poetry of Robert Frost by Robert Frost