The Metrics, Imagery and Philosophy of Robert Frost

This thesis is a study of the metrical practices, sources of imagery, and philosophy of life of Robert Frost. The metrical study, based on Frost\u27s blank verse only, was made for the purpose of determining the quality of his blank verse, and the effect produced by the use of substitutions, feminine endings, run-on lines, and end-stop lines. The metrical tables have been compiled after a careful study of 1811 lines of Frost\u27s blank verse. Ten of what are commonly considered among his best poems in blank verse were used as a basis for the study. The metrical findings in the blank verse of each of the five books of the author\u27s poetry have also been tabulated. A final table sums up the metrical practices in the total 4451 lines of blank verse