Frost: Poems
rom one of the most brilliant and widely read of all American poets, a generous selection of lyrics, dramatic monologues, and narrative poems--all of them steeped in the wayward and isolated beauty of Frost's native New England. Includes his classics "Mending Wall, " "Birches, " and "The Road Not...
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rom one of the most brilliant and widely read of all American poets, a generous selection of lyrics, dramatic monologues, and narrative poems--all of them steeped in the wayward and isolated beauty of Frost's native New England. Includes his classics "Mending Wall, " "Birches, " and "The Road Not Taken, " as well as poems less famous but equally great.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780679455141 (0679455140)
ASIN: 679455140
Publish date: June 24th 1997
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets
I was impressed by the wide range of topics Frost wrote poems about. Some of the poems read like short stories; one of them had a Poe feel to it.In all honesty, I bought this poetry collection solely for The Road Not Taken, but there were quite a lot of good poems in this one.
*You can also read this review and some other here at my website too.*One word- Awesome. I am not much of a poetry person and very rarely I like them. But I must say [a:Robert Frost|7715|Robert Frost|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1183232004p2/7715.jpg] is completely different. Each of the poem seem...
I have to say, I expected to like this book more than I did. I have been a fan of some of Frosts poems for years, but in reading this book I found that he has two distinct styles. One is simply narrative, which I found I did not like as much. His narratives are mostly conversational, and I found t...