Rebort Frost Reaction

Although his simple form is not liked by some critics; I don’t think they are who he was writing for. He also wrote many of his poems in continuous form rather than dividing it into traditional stanzas which allows the poem to be presented in a less formal form. He once stated that his major goal in life was to write “a few poems that would be hard to rid of. His awards include three-dozen honorary degrees, four Publisher Prizes, Bollinger Prize for Poetry, and he spoke at the inauguration of President John F. He wanted to appeal to the common man and I believe he did. Another technique he uses is the informal manner in which he writes his poems.

The Reader can just picture Robert Frost walking in a wooded area of the New Hampshire forest when suddenly he comes upon trail that divides and he wrote “The Road Not Taken”. and didn’t even think that it was unusual. The best poet of the 20th century he did not write rough drafts. For example, he writes many of his poems in the first person which makes the reader feel closer to the actual experience.

Frost uses many effects that allow the poem’s theme to be more easily understood. In “Birches” he uses this technique which creates the setting of an older man who is looking back at earlier times when he played among these same trees.

Frost was a simple man who led a simple life yet he is regarded as the best American poet of the 20th century and perhaps ever. A poem that has been used in countless high school graduation speeches and as a metaphor for any situation in which a person must make an important decision.