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Robert Frost, born in San Francisco and raised in Massachusetts, became a prominent American poet known for his engagement with New England themes and locales. He published his first book at age 40 and won four Pulitzer Prizes, while his poems often explore the complexities of human emotions and the healing power of nature. Frost's traditional poetic forms and modern sensibility have significantly influenced contemporary poetry, and his work reflects deep personal adversity and a commitment to American virtues.

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ROBERT FROST CHART

Robert Frost, born in San Francisco and raised in Massachusetts, became a prominent American poet known for his engagement with New England themes and locales. He published his first book at age 40 and won four Pulitzer Prizes, while his poems often explore the complexities of human emotions and the healing power of nature. Frost's traditional poetic forms and modern sensibility have significantly influenced contemporary poetry, and his work reflects deep personal adversity and a commitment to American virtues.

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ROBERT FROST CHART

Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, but his family moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1884
following his father’s death. The move was actually a return, for Frost’s ancestors were originally
New Englanders, and Frost became famous for his poetry’s engagement with New England locales,
identities, and themes. Frost graduated from Lawrence High School, in 1892, as class poet (he also
shared the honor of co-valedictorian with his wife-to-be Elinor White), and two years later,
the New York Independent accepted his poem entitled “My Butterfly,” launching his status as a
professional poet with a check for $15.00. Frost's first book was published around the age of 40,
but he would go on to win a record four Pulitzer Prizes and become the most famous poet of his
time, before his death at the age of 88.
To celebrate his first publication, Frost had a book of six poems privately printed; two copies
of Twilight were made—one for himself and one for his fiancee.

SUMARRY DUST OF SNOW


The short poem by Robert Frost throws light upon the unimaginable healing power of nature and
tiny things. From a bad mood to ill-health, there is nothing that can’t be cured by nature. The
author was experiencing one such bad day when a crow’s movement near a hemlock tree dusted
snow upon him. The snow instantly makes him happier. His day gets a lot better. Thus, the
supremacy of nature as a whole made him realise how petty his problem was. The fact that
hemlock tree is poisonous combined with crow being the indicator of doom and fear are used in
the poem as the carriers of happiness in the life of narrator is ironical. The poet, through these
objects has tried to highlight that sometimes creatures linked with negative aspects of life can be
the bringer of change and happiness. Being outdoors in nature, with all it’s unpredictability can
benefit anyone, anywhere at any time.

SUMARRY FIRE AND ICE


The poet draws a comparison between fire and ice and the self-destructive nature of human
beings. Fire symbolizes desires, greed, and lust, which have no limits. The more humans pursue
these emotions, the more they spread rapidly, the same as fire. These feelings often consume
individuals, leading them to become selfish and cruel. Furthermore, ice represents the cold, harsh,
and indifferent side of human emotions. People become rigid and uncaring towards the feelings of
others, focusing solely on their own needs. The poet implies that with the rapid growth of both fire
and ice, the end of the world is near by either of them. The poem expresses the idea that human
emotions have immense power over individuals. Without control, these emotions can lead to self-
destruction and chaos.

Robert Lee Frost was an American poet, possibly the most well-known of the twentieth century's
American poets. Frost grew up in an era when modernism was the dominant literary movement in
both America and Europe. Frost, on the other hand, was a resolutely anti-modern poet, unlike his
contemporaries. He used the same literary tropes that have been used in English from the
beginning of poetry: rhyme, metre, and regimented stanzas, dismissing free verse with the witty
remark, "I'd just as well play tennis with the net down."
Traditional poetic forms were widely abandoned as outmoded in modernist poetry. Frost
eloquently established that they weren't by writing poems with a clearly modern sensibility and
old poetic patterns. As a result, Frost has had as much, if not more, effect on modern poetry—
which has experienced a revival of formalism—than many poets of his time.

Frost went through a lot of personal adversity, and his verse drama "A Masque of Mercy" (1947),
based on Jonah's storey, presents a deeply felt, largely orthodox religious perspective, suggesting
that man, with his limited outlook, must always bear with events and act mercifully, because an
action that complies with God's will can lead to salvation. "Mercy is the only thing that can make
injustice just," he wrote.

Frost's significance extends far beyond his creative contributions. He gave voice to American
virtues, notably those of New England.

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