My favourite poet Elearning Lesson 2

"In what country did your poems first become famous in?" A boy from an elementary school during the 20 th century once asked Robert Frost upon seeing him. " England." He answers, full of pride and respect. However, now his poems are not only famous in England, but all around the world.

My favourite poet is Robert Frost because he grasps the literary techniques and uses the figurative language very well, such as symbolism and personification. Although he does not use them too often, but there is a large impact on the readers when they read his poems which ae full of figurative languages. Some examples are that in the poem " Birches" by Robert Frost, Frost portrays the images of a child growing to adulthood through the symbolism of aging birch trees. Through these images readers are able to see the reality of the real world compared to their carefree childhood. The image of life through tribulation is the main focal point of the poem and the second point of the poem is if one could revert back to the simpler times of childhood.

This is a quote from a website called www.123helpme.com/preview.asp?id=52640. They said that "The language of the poem is entirely arranged through images, although it contains some diction it lacks sound devices, metaphors, and similes compared to other published works by Frost."

After having done research on Robert Frost, I think that his works can be compared to those who have published various famous poems such as Elizabeth Bishop, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and much much more poets. Robert Frosts has published many poems and they have received good claims about them such as the poem on "The Road Not Taken". He has a good grasp of English and is able to use them to his advantage and this is what I like about him.

He has published a lot of poems but I am going to share with you three of those that he had written, they are Birches, A Patch Of Old Snow and An Old Man's Winter Night.

Here are some of his background and important events that he had been to.

Robert frost moved to Massachusetts after his father died of tuberculosis. He shortly attended collage but dropped out and married, Eleanor White. He then took up collage at Harvard but again dropped out before receiving a degree.

His first book established Frost as an author and was representative of his lifelong poetic style: sparse and technically precise, yet evocative in the use of simple and earthy imagery.

In 1961, at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy, Frost became the first poet to read a poem—"The Gift Outright"—at a presidential inauguration.

Frost's poetry mainly reflects life in rural New England, and the language he used was the uncomplicated speech of that region. Frost’s work has lots of emotion, with dramatic shifts from humorous to tragic.

He ended his poems with, “And miles to go before I sleep” to indicate Frost's philosophy of continual and productive work—whether it be work on his New England farm, or the written work required to create his poetry.

Cites:

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215687/robertfrost.htm