1 Mr. Frost had participated in various debates about his modernism making documents and allowing a deeper understanding of his life’s work. 3 This is also portrayed in his poem “Fire and Ice” where he speaks of the end of the world, whether it be fire or ice, it wouldn't matter because according to the speaker to say destruction from ice is also great and would suffice fire and ice lines. 7 9 The poem “Fire and Ice” has a humorist tone with the theme being destruction and despair. At the time period and style in which the poem was written could be considered as unconventional. There is also associated imagery with this poem where the word world can be viewed as planet Earth or society that we live in and the concept of fire and ice is more mental, rather than physical. Therefore, Robert Frost took traditional ideas and concepts with a twist of modernism that challenged scholars to contemplate the significance of poetry. Robert Frost’s poetry also relays the relationship between humans and nature.
Nature is a very common occurrence in Mr. Frost’s poetry, such as in poems like the road not taken or stopping by woods on a snowy evening. Robert Frost was described to be a genius of is art who was also known to be cunning and crafty, when it came to his art which was proven after his death. 4 Nature provides a physical experience along with a mental and emotional connection when expressed in poetry. 2 For example in A road not taken it described two paths that are possible to take to get to a destination. It is shown when the speaker says because it was grassy and wanted wear though as for the passing there had worn them, really the same the road not taken lines. 8 10 Another example can be seen where nature in relation to a human in stopping by woods on a snowy evening. As the speaker is exploring his land there is a scene where the speaker says to stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake, The darkest evening of the year stopping by woods on a snowy evening line. 6 8 It creates scenery for what the speaker is experiencing, rather than what the speaker is saying. Therefore Robert Frost’s poetry has a sense of nostalgia, because of the effect of the natural world has on the human observer such as natural objects having manifestations in poetry rather than being lifeless objects.
2 Finally the use of repetition and echo that either amplify the poem and create an emotional experience, Robert Frost used devices like repetition rhyme and paradox to create an interest in the poem and force the reader or listener to watch out for every word. 2 For example in the poem stopping by woods on a snowy evening that follows a rhyme along with repetition that is not exactly apparent but is visible by the end when the speaker creates an echo of the last sentence as he says. But I have promised to keep and miles to go before I sleep stopping by woods on a snowy evening line. 14 16 Mr. Frost was exceptionally well at combining modernist awareness that is also evident in stopping by wood on a snowy evening. However, He was a poet whose audience was not really interested in poetry or anything with extensively complicated ideas, thus the poetry by Robert Frost has such an exceptional outcome, that is brought upon by repetition or echo. 1 In the poem, the road not taken there is a constant repeat of a rhythm that creates a sense of repetition.
For example when the speaker says I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence. “Two roads diverged in a wood and I I took the one less traveled by and that has made all the difference the road not taken lines”. 16 20 This last stanza of the poem creates a repetition but also an emphasis on how the poem began on there being two diverging paths in woods and repetition of wordage is another example. Therefore the repetition and echo creates a mystery but not extensively, that still provides a balance in the poem so that it is not boring. In conclusion, Robert Frost is a modernist poet who uses repetition and rhyme echo that is used effectively in poems involving human relations with nature. Mr. Frost explored the balance in a poem along with creating an emotional connection with the reader or listener as they get a sense of nostalgia in his poetry.
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