When Robert Frost died on 29 January 1963, the public mourned the loss of what it thought was the grandfatherly old bard of the nation, the most beloved poet of the century, the gentle writer of simple nature lyrics. Nothing could have been further...

When Robert Frost died on 29 January 1963, the public mourned the loss of what it thought was the grandfatherly old bard of the nation, the most beloved poet of the century, the gentle writer of simple nature lyrics. Nothing could have been farther...

Robert Frost is considered one of the foremost American poets of the twentieth century. Through his imagery of nature and life in rural New England, Frost explored fundamental questions about man's existence. He became America's favorite and most...

The image of Robert Frost nurtured by most Americans is of a white-haired, rustic saint writing poems about the mellow glories of nature and the pastoral idylls of New England rural life. When not shining in this bucolic light, he glows with a...

Robert Lee Frost (March 26 1874 – January 29 1963) was an American poet. His work frequently used themes from rural life in New England, using the setting to examine complex social and philosophical themes. A popular and often-quoted poet, Frost...

The Notebooks of Robert Frost, edited by Robert Faggen. Harvard, January 2007. $39.95 Perhaps the most delightful aspect of Robert Frost's notebooks is their inscrutability. Transcribed and published for the first time, Frost's jottings posed a wide variety of challenges to editor Robert...

Robert Frost Himself by Stanley Burnshaw(George Braziller, 342 pp., $19.95) IT SEEMS at least perplexing how thenotion arose that there is little or no relationship between so exalted a sphere as the art of poetry and the Realpolitik of human affairs....

The Shakers quarried the stone in nearby Canaan and slid it across the frozen lake to get it to their building site in Enfield. They dug the foundation, milled the lumber and spent three years crafting cupboards, bannisters and hundreds of built-in...

Photographer Ferenc Mate lives in Tuscany, but his latest book portrays the colors and landscapes of the woods, coast, farmhouses and even the doorsteps and porches of New England in the fall.His book, "A New England Autumn: A Sentimental Journey" (Albatross Books/W.W. Norton, $39.95), also...

While references to the "farmer poet," the "Yankee bard," and the "poet of New England" are now commonplace [in describing Frost], the exact significance of such terms remains obscure. (p. 4) Despite a wealth of local lore, popular stereotypes, and scholarship in the area, we only have to sample a small portion of the material on Frost to realize that the region's fundamental character and its literary tradition are much in dispute. (p. 5)

In the following essay, Bass discusses the presentation of fear in the poetry of Robert Frost, centering on fears associated with individual experience, including fear of nature, and fears that threaten marriage, including the intrusion of a stranger,

In the following essay, Perrine explicates Robert Frost's "The Fear," drawing attention to its "syntax of mystery"—its mood of tension and anxiety, its numerous unfinished sentences, and its undefined relationships among central characters in the poem.

Discusses how Robert Frost uses nature to create his poetry.

Provides biographical detail on American poet Robert Frost and an analysis of his work. Includes a summary and evaluation of several of his best known poems.

A look into death in some of Robert Frost's poems.