Selected Poems (1923) is a collection of poems by American poet
Robert Frost. Dedicated to Edward Thomas, a friend of Frost's and
an important English poet who died toward the end of the First
World War, Selected Poems is a wonderful sampling of poems from
Frost's early collections, including A Boy's Will and North of
Boston. Known for his plainspoken language and dedication to the
images and rhythms of rural New England, Robert Frost is one of
America's most iconic poets, a voice to whom generations of readers
have turned in search of beauty, music, and life. "Mowing"
envisions the poet's work through the prism of rural labor. "There
was never a sound beside the wood but one / And that was my long
scythe whispering to the ground. / What was it it whispered?" The
speaker does not know, but continues his task, hypnotized by its
rhythm and simple music. In "After Apple-Picking," as fall gives
over to winter, the poet remembers in dreams how the "Magnified
apples appear and disappear, / Stem end and blossom end" as he
climbs the ladder into the heart of the tree. Both a symbol for
life and a metaphor for the poetic act, apple picking leaves the
poet "overtired / Of the great harvest [he himself] desired",
awaiting sleep as he describes "its coming on," wondering what, if
anything, it will bring. "The Road Not Taken," perhaps Frost's most
famous poem, 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. With a beautifully designed cover
and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Robert
Frost's Selected Poems is a classic of American literature
reimagined for modern readers.
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