Distinctive qualities of the poetry of Robert Frost

Admirers of Robert Frost--and these, if we may judge by the many recent scholarly studies that have been made of his poetical works are rapidly increasing in number as well as in appreciation--are all agreed on one point, namely, the author's uniquely ability to interpret his own rural New England. There are, however, other phases of this poets work which afford interesting problems for discussion and critical analysis. Thus, it is the purpose of the writer of this thesis, after having made a careful study of all the available poems of Robert Frost, to present certain distinctive qualities of his work, heretofore largely overlooked or at least but casually considered. His range of expression, patterns of sensitivity, style and spirit, will be treated separately in the order here mentioned. In the belief that a brief critical study of the author's biography will serve to elucidate the personal and circumstantial characteristics of his poetry, the reader is afforded a preliminary chapter dealing with the significant facts of Frost's life