Robert Frost and T. S. Eliot were undoubtedly influential poets of their
             time. Both poets eventually enjoyed fame and popularity for developing
             their own voice and style. While both men wrote compelling poetry, we find
             the aesthetic poet with Eliot and the meditative poet with Frost. Both men
             clearly experienced the beauty and despair that was common to their time,
             but their poetry took very different paths, and in the poets' eyes, served
             different purposes. Frost is most certainly recognized as a poet coming
             close to nature, often using nature as a symbol in many of his pastoral
             poems. We also discover his verse to be more reflective and meditative than
             that Eliot's. Additionally, there seems to be no subject too simple or
             complicated for Frost. His topics cover a variety of issues from moral
             dilemmas to mending fences. While his work can often feel as dark as
             Eliot's does, it rarely connects itself with historical circumstances and
             modern issues. In contrast, Eliot reached far beyond Frost's typical
             landscape in his poetry. We also find many sources for his inspiration,
             including a variety of historical periods, cultures, and religions. His
             verse is generally considered difficult and usually it depicts mankind and
             society in the midst of chaos and destruction. While Frost could relate to
             loss and melancholy, he related to it on a more personal level.
             Eliot is perhaps most popular for promoting the aesthetic experience,
             which was primarily concerned with discovering a, "positive doctrine by
             which to confirm his faith in the discipline of art and intellect, an
             orthodoxy with which to buttress his identification of individual
             experience with the imperatives of moral responsibility and historical
             tradition" (Spiller 1368). Criticism coupled with values serves as a basis
             for the majority of Eliot's work and has thus rendered him a dominating
             While Eliot valued the ae...