American Literature / Unit 14 AML 1315 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Robert Frost: The Public Poet
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The idea
Frost farmed in New England, published first in England, and became the most widely read American poet of his century, reciting at a presidential inauguration. He kept meter and rhyme when his contemporaries dropped them, and used them to hold dark material.
In practice
Traditional forms, carrying hard subjects.
Where people slip
The popularity hides how bleak he is.
Your place on the trail
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