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Robert Frost is considered one of the successful poet of nature in English literature. Realistic nature and love of nature has a dominating figure in his poetry. Robert frost never become outdated because poetry is an echo of every sensitive man’s experiences and his limitations. The main theme of his poetry is the despairing state of man in his life. Robert Frost has tried to communicate again and again that man’s effort to gather happiness and love of his fellowmen in the universe. Robert Frost’s chief concern is with man. The focus in his poetry is on man’s position and attitude and especially on his feelings. Robert Frost reveals a good deal about his conception of universe and external reality in his poetry. But what is important to him? It is man’s thought, emotions and behavior as they determine or reflect his relationship with the universe. What does man do, and how does he feel in a universe as dark as this? That is the central question for Robert Frost.  ...

Robert Frost is one of the greatest poets of America in 19 th century. To American and English readers, Frost is already a classic. He was born in March 26, 1874. Frost loved the earth and its ways. He had his roots deep in the rocky Vermont countryside. He has a deep love for natural things, for things of field and pasture, for birds, flower, weed and tree. So Robert Frost is called poet of nature . However his response to nature is entirely realistic. Nature is neither a source of romantic feelings and sentiments for him nor a symbol of evil it is in some of Hardy’s poems and Novels. There is no ‘nature mysticism’ in Frost. Frost is a ‘naturalistic’ poet. His central subject is humanity. Frost had three special qualities. He was a humanist. He was a learned man, well versed in literature, history and philosophy and he was a vigorous and patriotic individualist. In addition to that, his work shows a deep-rooted delight in nature. Frost is a metaphysical poet in the traditi...

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could, To where it bent in the undergrowth. -Robert Frost from ''The Road Not Taken'' Robert Frost (1874-1963) was the leading modern American poet of nature and rural life. He found beauty and meaning in commonplace objects, such as a drooping birch tree and an old stone wall, and drew universal significance from the experiences of a farmer or a country boy. Most of his poems have a New England setting and deal with the theme of man's relationship to nature. The influence of nature in Robert Frost's works creates a palette to paint a picture filled with symbolism for the reader to interpret. In the analysis of Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken , Tree At My Window , Two Trumps In The Mud Time and Stopping By The Woods On A Snowy Evening we can pick out specific examples to illustrate Frost...