Robert Frost's Poems [Paperback]

Robert Frost (Author), Louis Untermeyer (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1991

Here in one volume are selected poems of Robert Frost, accompanied by an introduction and commentary by Louis Untermeyer. They make up an anthology that will bring you numberless hours of pleasure and joy.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Frost was the first American poet who could honestly be reckoned a master-poet by world standards."—Robert Graves

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

About the Author

Robert Frost (1874-1963) is widely regarded as one of America's finest poets. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on four different occasions, and also served as Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress.

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Pocket Books (Mm) (December 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671496174
• ISBN-13: 978-0671496173
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #739,729 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Man & Nature- The Epic, March 6, 2003

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This review is from: Robert Frost's Poems (Mass Market Paperback)

Frost always set man in an interesting light to nature. This collection catches the flow of his thoughts clearly. It's a fine collection with a lot to offer. People who are not used to Frost will like this. It will serve as a great introduction to the man. I still have a special place in my heart for 'The Gift Outright'. A good deep read. Educational.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Approachable Robert Frost Collection, November 30, 2005

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James Paris "Tarnmoor" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Robert Frost's Poems (Paperback)

I had not read much of Frost since I saw him give a reading at Dartmouth College in the last year of his life. This September, I went back to New Hampshire for the first time in 39 years, visiting my old campus -- and Robert Frost's farm near Franconia Notch. In my bag was Louis Untermeyer's delightful selection of Frost poems, interspersed by his lucid, but unobtrusive commentary.

Frost is a poet who has a very distinctive "voice" in his works. It takes a bit of ferreting out to see how it changes from one poem to another, sometimes substantially, from wry and folksy all the way to devastatingly ironic. To help us with the process, Untermeyer groups several like poems together between blocks of commentary. Each group acted as a separate unit to assist in breaking the text into readable chunks.

Especially with a book of poetry, that is no mean feat. It helped that Untermeyer knew Frost as well as any man alive. The selection is superb, including my favorites: "After Apple-Picking," "The Sound of the Trees," "The Death of the Hired Man," and "Mending Wall."

For the price, there is no better collection. It is Untermeyer's special gift to make it more fun to read.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Introduction, August 26, 2005

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Jason W. Marchmon "Bookie Bookerman" (Murray, KY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Robert Frost's Poems (Paperback)

I would like to make an additional comment in reference to the two previous reviewers. While I certainly agree with their evaluation of Frost's ability and scope, many who hear or read "man and nature" might not make the connection Frost so often made in his works, letters, and life. Frost was constantly drawing the line of demarcation: between our dream relationship with nature and our actually lack thereof. But moreover, the tenuous relationship between science (mankind's reasoning mind) and the greater world (nature's passion and drives).

Frost not only looked at what we gained from "progress," but also what we lost. After all, what is progress? It certainly depends on your view...