Reviews for Frost: Poems (Everyman's Library)

The average rating for Frost: Poems (Everyman's Library) based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-02-14 00:00:00 Jonus Russell Frost's response to the approach of modern schools that sang the praises of free verse is palpable in this chronological selection of his best known poems. Frost sustains that form is a requirement for the poet and to preserve its aesthetics is his main duty. Following this train of thought, there is nothing impulsive in Frost's poems. The mundane aspects of daily life lose their ordinariness when they are delivered in encompassed rhymed and rigorously structured verse. The topics that concern Frost seem to be related to the quotidian, which he uses as allegory to evoke much more profound questions about ethics, life, love and loss. "Don't carry it to someone else this time. Tell me about it if it's something human. Let me into your grief" Home Burial Also, the relationship between subject and object becomes crucial to give shape to the poet's perceptions and to actively engage the reader into a more mutual exchange of viewpoints. And so the birch, the snow, or the maple tree see their traditional meaning inevitably altered to acquire metaphorical substance that bespeaks respectively of freedom, loneliness or identity in the cases at hand. "I'd like to get away from earth awhile And then come back to it and begin over. (…) I'd like to go by climbing a birch tree, And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more, But dipped its top and set me down again." Birches Names and words collocation are essential matters in Frost's poems. The colloquial blends naturally with the formal and the voice we hear when we read these verses is harmonious, sincere and humble, with a pinch of salt in it. Does that ring a bell? Let's say the most famous Bard ever and Frost would have understood each other's double or even triple meanings….with gusto.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-01-05 00:00:00 Jeff Borys I read this book in 2 tries. The first time I didn't get past the first 20 pages or so. Somehow the idyllic landscapes and contemplative journeys seemed boring, and for some reason, I didn't get a lot of things. Don't know whether that was because of the language barrier, or because it was poetry... However, I tried again, and very glad I did. Had to push myself a little to get through the beginning, but then I just got sucked into Frost's world. Man! He has a way of telling an entire story in a couple of pages, complete with warring motivations, feelings, doubts... This was just beautiful. Now nature, the contemplation, the characters he created were vivid, and somehow the barrier was gone - didn't have a problem of "getting" it. This book made me fall in love with poetry again. Also, it contained the only two Frost's poems I previously knew :) They're still among my favorites. This is a beautiful edition. Definitely going to buy more books in the "Everyman's Library Pocket Poets" series.