My favourite poet is Robert Frost. Did you know that he has avidly kept notebooks throughout his life? He is also the first to win four Pulitzer prizes. One of the various literary critics once said about his poems " His work is deceptively simple, but reveals its complexity upon close reading. " This proves that Frost has an excellent command of speech. Nevertheless, his realistic depictions in his poems adds to his fame.
One of the people interviewing Frost says that Frost does not have a proper writing desk, writing table or even a writing room. He was spotted wearing plaid slippers and seated in a blue overstuffed chair that had no arms. ( This proves that Frost was humble, preferring to live ordinarily even though he was very wealthy as a writer. )
It is also said that Frost stayed up all night to write a poem " New Hampshire " and had only finished when he realised that it was dawn. ( This proves that Frost was dedicated and commited to his poems. ) Shortly after, Frost got an inspiration when he went out to view the sunrise. The poem was later known as " Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening ".
Three of Frost's most well-liked poems are:
-Acquainted With The Night
-Fire and Ice
-The Road Not Taken
Frost's way of writing has a knack for penetrating the mind and leaving a mark there. All of his pieces of work has an enigmatic trait : complexity. He is best known for his metaphors, paradoxes and the occasional humor in his writing. However, he is also capable of giving warnings about large-scale worldly problems. An example is a poem that he has written, named " The Flood ". Upon reading the poem, one can detect Frost's pessimistic views on the inevitability of war; of war depicted as a monstrous creature that humans do not willingly release from its " barrier walls ".
Frost has a distinctive way of using setting in his writing, usually set in the rural NorthEast. A factor that makes his poems so intriguing and enjoyable to read is that modern technology and happenings do not slip into his writing.
It is also interesting to know that Frost considered himself an environmentalist. In his poem " The Pasture " ; a simple and short two-stanza piece, Frost somehow manages to compress so many of the flavours of nature in just eight lines.
All in all, Robert Frost deserves his title " Best Known Poet in the 20th Century. "

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Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Frost
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http://redravine.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/robert-frost-miles-to-go/
http://quotations.about.com/cs/poemlyrics/a/Robert_Frost.htm
http://www.thesisabstracts.com/articles/publish/printer_178.shtml

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