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A collection of poetry by one of the best known poets in the United States including "The Gift Outright" which was read at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy.
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Washington Square Pr (1962), 280 pages
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280
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Original publication date
1971
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280 p.
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LibraryThing member tuckerresearch
Frost was old-fashioned and important, and some of his poems are classics for good reason. A must read for any poet.
LibraryThing member justchris
Next on my list is [New Enlarged Anthology of Robert Frost's Poems]. I am not sure where or when I acquired this little paperback. This compilation of Frost's works seems to be quite popular, since I have stumbled over other editions with exactly identical content, even to the line drawings
So this was a very accessible edition of Robert Frost's poetry. The general introduction and the brief analytical preludes to individual or small groups of poems helped give the reader a greater understanding and perhaps appreciation for the works. The downside is that all too often these explanatory passages included quotes from the selfsame poems they prefaced, leading to a certain redundancy and even surfeit.
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peppering the pages. Louis Untermeyer wrote the introduction and divided it into eight sections. It provides a nice overview of Robert Frost's life and literary career. The 57 poems are organized into general themes: stories, people, places, animals, and things. Like any gathering of short works, they displayed a wide range of styles and imagery, some I liked a great deal, others not so much. His most widely quoted poems are included among many I had never heard of, not surprisingly, given my general ignorance of poetry.So this was a very accessible edition of Robert Frost's poetry. The general introduction and the brief analytical preludes to individual or small groups of poems helped give the reader a greater understanding and perhaps appreciation for the works. The downside is that all too often these explanatory passages included quotes from the selfsame poems they prefaced, leading to a certain redundancy and even surfeit.
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PS3511.A6