Mountain Interval (1916) is a collection of poems by American poet
Robert Frost. Having gained success with his first two collections,
both published in London, Frost returned home to New Hampshire and
completed his third volume, Mountain Interval. The book opens with
"The Road Not Taken," and though this would become Frost's most
famous poem, the collection is not defined by it. Here we find the
hallmarks of Frost's work: rural landscapes, dramatic monologues,
and subtle meditations on the meanings of life and art. This is
Frost at the height of his power, a poetry that speaks as much and
as often as it listens. "The Road Not Taken" is a meditation on
fate and free will that follows a traveler in an autumn landscape,
unsure of which path to take, but certain he cannot stand still.
Often summarized using only its final two lines-"I took the one
less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference"-Frost's
poem refuses such neat categorization. Far from simple praise of
independence, "The Road Not Taken" examines the anxiety of choice,
the psychic response to the uncertainty that precedes even the
simplest decision. In "Birches," Frost recalls his childhood
fondness for climbing trees, raising himself from the ground "To
the top branches," only to fling himself "outward, feet first" back
to earth. Against the backdrop of adulthood, in which "life is too
much like a pathless wood," the poet recalls the simplicity and
wonder of being a child in nature, no more and no less than "a
swinger of birches.". With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Robert Frost's
Mountain Interval is a classic of American literature reimagined
for modern readers.
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