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Robert Frost is one of the most popularAmerican poets and remains widely read. His work is deceptively simple, but reveals its complexities upon close reading. This Introduction provides a comprehensive but intensive look at his remarkable oeuvre. The poetry is discussed in detail in relation to ancient and modern traditions as well as to Frost's particular interests in language and sound, metaphor, science, religion, and politics. Faggen both looks back to the literary traditions that shape Frost's use of form and language, and forward to examine his influence on poets writing today. The recent controversies in Frost criticism and in particular in Frost biography are brought into sharp focus as they have shaped the poet's legacy and legend. The most accessible overview available, this book will be invaluable to students, readers and admirers of Frost. ... Read more

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Frost as a consummate craftsman of psychologically engaging poetry...
With the sturdy binding and beautifully illustrated cover -- Thomas Hart Benton's oil painting, "Haystack" (1938) -- this is an inviting introduction to Robert Frost's life, poetry and critical reputation.

Robert Faggen, Professor of Literature at Claremont McKenna College, contends that Frost's popularity and notority from some of his best known and loved poems obscure the real range of his work and achievements. Offers an excellent biographical introduction, then focuses on Frost's major poetry. Finds that while he was "a consummate craftsman and maker of some of the most psychologically engaging and artistically beguiling poetry of his or any time," a careful look at his life and work also reveals him to be "a far more elusive shapeshifter and trickster, a learned and trenchant intellectual with a sometimes terrifyingly bleak vision of human existence."

Named after Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee Frost lived a long life, long enough to endure seeing his sister committed to a mental institution (where she died in 1929), the death of four of his children, the suffering of two with mental illness, the horror of losing a son to suicide, and lose his wife, Elinor, to cancer and a series of heart attacks in 1938. "He long outlived his wife and fell into an affair with a woman who would not leave her husband."

We learn that this poor poet-farmer, was actually greatly assisted financially by his grandfather, was educated at Harvard in psychology, philosophy and geology by some of the most recognized teachers of his time, and spent much of his early career teaching literature and psychology before traveling to England and mingling with such luminaries as: Ezra Pound, William Butler Yeats, T.E. Hulme, and Ford Madox Ford.

I enjoyed the sections of the book that offered a biographical or period-context for Frost's poetry, that discussed his interest and roots in the writings of Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, Emerson, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Wordsworth, Thoreau, and Emerson. And, I thought Faggen did a good job of discussing Frost's literary reputation in the context of his time and contemporaries.

From the perspective of undergraduate students using the book to write a paper -- it would have been helpful if Frost's major poems were reprinted in full and the discussion of the broader thematic elements incorporated into the explications that are typically found following the snippets of text of the poem discussed.

Also, the inclusion of illustrations and photographs to break up the text would have made the interior of the book more enticing to undergraduates. And, while I liked the inclusion of a "Further Reading" bibliography in the back, I was surprised that the titles of Frost's poems were not included alphabetically in the index; instead, one has to go to the entry for "Frost, Robert", and then look for the title and page references there.

Still, these are minor issues and due most likely to the series format. As such, I enthusiastically recommend this title as being a well-written, interesting and very useful introduction to the life and work of one of the most influential and important American writers of the 20th century.

Highly recommended for college and university libraries and large public libraries supporting local high school students writing papers on literary topics.

R. Neil Scott
Middle Tennessee State University

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Concise Critical Study of Robert Frost
"Robert Frost: The Work of Knowing" by Richard Poirier does what I want: presents a solid, thorough critical study of Robert Frost's work without getting lost in praise.

Robert Frost is too often tossed away as only a pastoral poet without a tremendous amount of substance. As the contrary is true, Poirier examines both the simple phrasings of Frost to his immense depth of discovery.

If we see Robert Frost only by his most famous poems, like "The Road Not Taken," and "The Mending Wall," we are apt to miss the range of literary prowess wrought by him. He was amazingly literate, and by no means just some country bloke popping out interesting verse about life's choices and relationships.

Selections of letters by Frost himself, arguing his position of a given poem, or his general perspective, as well as lengthy stanzas augment Poirier's thoughts.

Poirier compares aspects of Frost to James Joyce, Edgar Allen Poe, Thomas Hardy, TS Eliot and many others, showing how the poet fits in to both contemporaries and the canon.

In the letters, we see the erudite intellectual, the persona hidden from most readers of Frost. He reflects on his inadequacies and strengths.

Poirier breaks down the brilliant schema of what appear to be the easiest rendering of lines, and, within them, reveals the elucid manipulation of words like "early" and "petal" (as in "The Oven Bird").

He also labors at length to illuminate Frost's concept of form. Other analyses include his philosophical views (noting, for example, Frost's support of marital love).

The weakness of the book is not the content, but the index. It is deficient in that names authors and poets well-enough, but not subjects. Likewise, it reads nicely, but could use a stronger structure. It comes across at times rambling, as if written without an outline. For what I sought, however, none of this overtakes the value.

I fully recommend "Robert Frost: The Work of Knowing" by Richard Poirier.

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Applied kinesiology uses diagnostic muscle tests in conjunction with standard examination procedures to determine the causes of health problems. Written for professionals and nonprofessionals alike, Applied Kinesiology includes 32 muscle tests and a step-by-step guide for applying specific correction techniques. ... Read more

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Amazing Book, even the introduction is worth the cover price
Not being a practitioner of Applied Kinesiology, I read this book as a way to grasp the fundamental concepts of movement to integrate into the way I teach yoga and view psychology through the lens of the body.

What I got from this book mostly was a very Yoga-like understanding of biological medicine's scope. That one paragraph is worth the cover price of the book for me. I hope to explore it more in depth and specificity with time.

Great introduction to Applied Kinesiology
Robert Frost's AK manual is lean and to the point. It gives the history of AK, how AK is used in Europe and the USA, theory into the mechanisms of the reflexes used in AK, basic therapeutic procedures with explainations, and clear diagrams of the basic muscle tests and the appropriate reflexes.A perfect complement to the 100 hour course.I recommend this book to any student or practioner in health care who is looking to expand their skill set. ... Read more

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Robert Frost
Several memorable Frost poems in this collection.Especially the piece entitled "In the Clearing."No one captures the mysterious nature of the human predicament in the way that Robert Frost did.Book arrived from seller in a timely manner complete with dust jacket.

And wait to watch the water clear...
This is his last book with new poems.He is regarded as one of America's greatest poets.Among his many honors are four Pulitzer Prizes and an appointment as Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress.

At John F. Kennedy's inauguration on Jan. 20, 1961, he was called the Poet Laurete of U. S. A.to be acknowledged by such an educated president to take part.He was such an old man, he fumbled his papers, as he read "The Gift Outright."This was the first time when a poet had been so honored and marked a high point in his long and distinguished career.

When the English poet W. H. Auden wrote an essay in praise of Robert Frost, he made the observation that he was literally in a class by himself: "the class of nature poets who have worked with the land and actually know how to milk cows and, in general, can life the life of a Yankee farmer.In his elder years, in Florida, he planted orange groves and other fruits.

He was more than a poet and man of letters.He was a public figure and had by the time of his death in 1963 become a nation's symbol.His most famous poems are "Stopping by Wood on a Snowy Evening" and "Mending Wall."In his book, NORTH OF BOSTON, you will find a long poem/fable called "The Generations of Man."

Since I am a bird fancier, I chose "Looking For a Sunset Bird in Winter" (as I look for birds year round in this town which hates starlings and pigeons.

The west was getting out of gold,
The breath of air had died of cold,
When shoeing home across the white,
I thought I saw a bird alight.

In summer when I passed the place,
I had to stop and lift my face;
A bird with an angelic gift
Was singing in it sweet and swift.

No bird is singing in it now.
As gilt to gold that wouldn't show,
A brush had left a crooked stroke
Of what was either cloud or smoke --
From north to south across the blue.
A fpercing little star was (shining) thru.

In YOU COME, TOO, Noel Perrin write in his foreword, that Frost was determined to use "the ordinary language of ordinary people, and to transmute that plain Yankee speech into shining verse."
President Kennedy is quoted, "...has bequeathed his nation a body of imperishable verse from which Americans will forever gain joy and understanding."

NORTH OF BOSTON was written along with all sorts of briefer things in rhyme in a form suggested by the eclogues of Virgil.He'd tried for years to get his poems published in 'Atlantic Monthly who automatically rejected each and every thing he submitted.I used to love poetry but could not write it; Tristan, on the other hand, was such a writer, though his dad Zach was more into prose like his old mom, except for the science fiction and sports.Robert Frost was a true classic. ... Read more

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the Hobo Philosopher
Robert Frost graduated from Lawrence high school in Lawrence, Mass. I mention this fact in my Book about growing up in Lawrence "A Summer with Charlie". It was because of this common heritage that I was first lead to Mr. Frost. I must have read his poem about picking apples a thousand times. And since my wife and I also attempted to become "back-to-the-landers" in Mena, Arkansas, his poems about exploring the back forty and laying up a stone wall I also visit frequently. He is very rural. When he began writing poetry America was for the large part farmers - or recently off the farm. He writes a simple small farmer type poetry. This is a nice volume and Robert, like all poets, was a thoughtful man. Robert Frost was famous for a very short poem that is very hard to find. It is not in this volume either.
"Forgive me God for my little joke on thee,
And I will forgive you for your great big one on me."
He had another one, also hard to find, about his visiting heaven and finding God nice but rather inadequate and not very handy.
I don't consider Robert Frost a controversial poet. Any reactionary flavor is very subdued. His poetry is simple, honest and down to earth.

Books written by Richard Noble - The Hobo Philosopher:
"Hobo-ing America: A Workingman's Tour of the U.S.A.."
"A Summer with Charlie"
"A Little Something: Poetry and Prose"
"Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother"
"The Eastpointer" Selections from award winning column.

The road less traveled
This selection of Frost's poetry contains his first three volumes, " A Boy's Will", "North ofBoston" " Mountain Interval". It contains someof his most well-known poems, "Mending Wall"," Home Burial", "The Road not taken""Birches" "The Hired Man" " After Apple Picking".It also contains a brief biographical sketch and survey of the works of this volume by Gail Harvey.
Frost in my own judgment does not quite make it to the top-of-the -top of American poetry, where Whitman, Dickinson and Wallace Stevens stand. But his insistent dialogue with Nature and Life do make for an often harshly beautiful poetry. He often seems to me somehow stronger in mind and will than in human sympathy. But the messages are clear and resound as part of the American heritage in poetry.

" Two roadsdiverged in a wood,and I-
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."

But "Jewels" neglected to mention:
Julie-Anne Dentici "Jewels" said her favorite Frost poem was "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening."She neglected to mention that this poem is not included in the book."Often overlooked," indeed!

Epitome of GREATNESS!
Robert Frost is my favorite American poet.My favorite poem written by him is "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening."This poem is generally overlooked, because people tend to associate "The Road Not Taken" with Frost.Both are great, but "Snowy Evening" is better, I think!For anyone who is a Robert Frost fan, this book is a nice addition to any library, and a nice edition to have. ... Read more

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This present volume from Coyote Canyon Press republishes all three of Robert Frost's first collections originally published in the United States by Henry Holt and Company, New York. In 1913, Robert Frost published A BOY'S WILL, his first collection of poems, a series of sharply rendered scenes of New England rural life. A second volume, NORTH OF BOSTON, followed in 1914 and contained some of Frost's most brilliant and best-loved works: "Mending Wall," "After Apple-Picking," "The Death of the Hired Man," "Home Burial," and "Birches." In 1916 Frost followed up these two volumes with MOUNTAIN INTERVAL, which included many of his most moving poems: "An Old Man's Winter Night," "The Hill Wife," and "The Road Not Taken." The explanatory notes reveal Frost's complex relation to modern and classical poetic traditions, his knowledge of science and philosophy, and his tremendous ear for the rhythms of English, which enabled him to write the finest blank verse since Milton. ... Read more

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Not bad, but no "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
It's not a bad collection, it's easy to navigate, and the price is right, but seriously, who puts together a collection of Frost poetry and omits "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening?"Without Frost's crown jewel poem, the entire collection feels sadly lacking. ... Read more

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In this first paperback edition, Lesley Lee Francis, granddaughter of Robert Frost, brings to life the Frost family’s idyllic early years. Through their own words, we enter the daily lives of Robert, known as RF to his family and friends, his wife, Elinor, and their four children.The result is a meticulously researched and beautifully written evocation of a fleeting chapter in the life of a literary family.This enchanting story of the Frost family’s life together makes more poignant the unforeseen personal tragedies that would befall its members in later years. ... Read more

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Rich treasury of verse from 19th and 20th centuries, selected for popularity and literary quality, includes Poe’s "The Raven," Whitman’s "I Hear America Singing," as well as poems by Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, T S. Eliot, Marianne Moore, many other notables.
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Great Selection of Poems.
Many of these poems you will enjoy reading over and over again. I have several of these types of poetry books and I have written a small poetry book myself (see the link). 101 Great American Poems is one of the best values of my collection.

Friday's Clouds: Poems of Fantasy, Love and War

Great poems for all
This collection of poems from different poets from our past generation was well written, intriguing, and powerful. Enjoyed them all. I would recommend this book to all poets and poem readers, also I would highly recommend to all, "Through DeVinci Eyes: Poetry of Evolution" by Leonardo DeVinci Thomas, a powerful poetry book that will inspire and touch your heart, mind, soul, and spirit.

Excellent content & value!
My husband wanted a book to use to begin introducing our daughter to poetry.As she's only 5, I didn't want to spend a lot of money even knowing if she would like it or not; I was more than pleased with the selection of poems offered, not to mention the price!Highly recommend.

Excellent
Easily a top 101 greatest poems. These poems are classics.

5/5

reading away~
I love that this book is paper back, it makes it easier to hold as your reading before you go to bed, don't get me wrong hard cover books are just as great but I'd read my paper back book longer. The poems in this book you'll never get tired of reading them to yourself, do what I do pick your favorite poem and read it to some one or send it in an e-mail Poetry should be shared with the ones you love. Isn't that why poets write books of poetry for the entire world to read?

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Animation artist turns illustrator
The poem is a bit of an odd duck for kids, since it describes the exploits of a drunken cow--but the illustrations should charm its intended audience. Dean Yeagle's designs for this book are animated, beautifully drawn and not at all serious.
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Robert Frost and a Poetics of Appetite reads Frost's poetry within a theoretical perspective generated, but not limited by feminist analysis, and it evaluates Frost's persistent feminizing of poetic language in ways that he typically dramatizes as both erotic and humiliating.Kearns examines how Frost's dual and potentially conflicting obligations--to be manly and to be a poet--inform his entire poetics.The study unites psychobiographical and feminist approaches to create an adept and imaginative instrument of interpretation. ... Read more

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In 1916, Robert Frost wrote a poem that he described as a Christmas circular letter. Illustrated by Ted Rand, the story encapsulates the wisdom of a Vermont farmer and the beauty of his country. Full color. ... Read more

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Perfectly beautiful book for family sharing.
I could hardly believe my good fortune to find my favorite Robert Frost poem had been illustrated by my favorite illustrator! This is much better than another "kiddie book about reindeer"This is a book to readaloud and share with the extended family.What an introduction to realpoetry for the younger ones!I would give it 10 stars if I could. ... Read more

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A Great Classic for Three Decades: Now In Its 10th Edition,Consider What This "Definitive Text" Offers YouTake a moment to look over your books about investing. Have any of them given you a successful method for making profits and reducing risks? Is there even one such book that has proven reliable over the years?Alas, most investors would say "no." That's because so few investment books are "classic" in the true sense: For years investors keep buying the book, and they keep using the method to make the most of their opportunities.Three decades years ago -- 1978 -- is one of the last times an investment book was written that is worthy of being called "classic."One of the two men who authored that book was a 26 year-old market analyst working at Merrill Lynch's headquarters on Wall Street. The young man had earned a lot of attention in a short time by using a forecasting tool that almost no one had heard of. Yet his market forecasts were startlingly accurate: Robert Prechter was the young man's name, and he used a method called the "Elliott Wave Principle."A. J. Frost was one of the few other financial professionals who used the Wave Principle. In a distinguished 20-year career, Frost had likewise made many astonishingly accurate forecasts. His colleagues regarded him as the consummate technical analyst.Frost and Prechter met in May of 1977 and became fast friends. Eighteen months later, they published Elliott Wave Principle - Key to Market Behavior. The Dow Industrials stood at 790. But the brash forecast in this new book called for a Great Bull Market. It became a runaway best seller.Three decades is enough time for investors to deem a book about an investment method as "classic," and surely the jury is in on this one: Elliott Wave Principle is now published in seven languages, and continues to sell thousands of copies every year. In Europe, Asia and the Americas, literally millions of investors worldwide use or recognize the Elliott Wave method for profitable investing.Elliott Wave International is proud to present the 10th edition of this investment classic. It's designed to help the Elliott Wave novice and the veteran practitioner. It's time to consider what this definitive text offers you. Here's a sample of what you'll learn: The basic tenets of Wave Theory: You'll read simple explanations of the terms, and how to identify all 13 waves that can occur in the movement of stock market averages. The rules and guidelines of Wave analysis: You'll learn the basics of counting waves, how to recognize the "right look" of a wave, plus lots of simple steps for applying the rules. The scientific background of the Wave Principle: How you can see it in nature and the universe, in art and mathematics, even in the shape of the human body. Long-term waves: You'll see how the Wave Principle gives history greater meaning, from the fall of the Roman Empire through the Middle Ages into the financial upheavals of the 20th Century. Understanding these monumental trends will help you position yourself for long-term profit and protection. Stocks, commodities and gold: The Wave Principle is your guide to the movements of any financial market. Few pleasures can match the exhilaration you'll feel when a Wave Principle forecast has you in the market when it moves up, or takes you out just before it moves down.Obviously, Elliott Wave Principle - Key to Market Behavior is the perfect companion to Bob Prechter's Elliott Wave Theorist publication. The book is essential reading for you to receive the most from what the Theorist says every month -- in fact, all of EWI's publications continually reference this book. ... Read more

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Prompt delivery. Product in good condition.
Book gives excellent introduction to the wave principle. Do not expect to "get it" after the first reading.

Most in depth Elliot wave
This is the most in depth book on Elliot Wave out there.

1 star for being the most in depth book out there on a subject.
2 star for being well written, very readable book.
3 star for price, because it is relatively inexpensive compared to other books.
4&5 stars for being something everyone in technical analysis should read.

I won't go in depth as to what this book is about, not my place. But I did enjoy it.

I didn't say this is the best Elliot Wave book, because I believe Dynamic Trading by Robert C. Minor is better, but Minor's book focuses on the highest probability trades, while this book actually goes over all that Elliot Wave encompasses.

I hope this review was helpful to you.

Amazing
This is an amazing book.
It is a must for every trader using technical analysis.

Spanish Edition
If you are looking for a this book in Spanish, this is not it.This book is in English and published in those countries.It is not in their language.

Applicable to Today's Market
This is a slightly technical (you can skip to the good stuff) explanation of the hightly rated Elliott Wave Theory for predicting direction and breaks in the stock market.Even if you are not into stocks the book is a good read to show how mathematical theory applies in everyday life.While researching a lecture to be given to gifted students back in the 90's I found a book published in 1964 that laughed at the theory outlined here.The '64 book dedicated a small paragraph to the theory and tossed out the statement to the effect, if one believed this theory, the stock market would have to be at a certain incredible level in the early 90's.A quick check of the market confirmed that it was! ... Read more

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This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features the table of contents linked to every part and poem. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the Kindle, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including the Kindle, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.

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The Greatest Poetry Collection Of The 20th Century?
On January, 20, 1961, President John F. Kennedy invited the aged Robert Frost to come south from his New Hampshire farm and recite a poem on the occasion of his inauguration. Asked by a reporter why he chose to honor Frost with this invitation, Kennedy quite sincerely said, "It is Mr. Frost who honors me."

I can say with no disrespect to the office of President that Kennedy's sentiment was very true, for our Chief Executives come and go, but the works of Robert Frost will surely endure thru millennia.

Robert Frost is probably America's most well-know poet and arguably its best, and in these collections we are privileged to read the words Frost penned in his relative youth, with so much acclaim lying unseen ahead of him. Here are the words that stir the soul and call us into cold New England autumns of long ago. Here are the lines that would later resonate in ten-million minds, bravely sent forth into an uncertain reception by a Frost still young and yet unheralded. Here, on the once-blank page, the spirit of rural New England of nearly a century ago is waiting to speak to all of us.

An unqualified achievement of absolute genius. I truly pity anyone who passes through a lifetime without reading these poems.

A poet's beginnings
Robert Frost came into public view with "A Boy's Will" and "North of Boston," his first short collections of poetry. While Frost's "voice" is a bit unformed in these poems, the rich ponderings of nature and love are never stronger, full of "sun-saturated meadows," melancholy looks at life and death, and pearly streams.

"I should not be withheld but that some day/Into their vastness I should steal away," Frost announces in the first poem of "A Boy's Will." He follows up this statement with everything from eerie story-poems ("Love and a Question") to exultant ("A Prayer in Spring") to melancholy meditations on nature's beauty, love, and broken hearts.

"Something there is that doesn't love a wall," is the first line of one of Frost's more typical poems in "North of Boston," a nuanced work about neighbors rebuilding a wall between them. But then there are poems like "Death of the Hired Man," a long conversation between a man and his wife, about a former worker who has returned home to die. Another is just about a mountain, as told by a farmhand.

Poets take awhile to reach their peak, and Frost was still starting out in these books. That said, it's astounding how good he was even in his first volume of poetry (though at times the rhymes are a little too simple, and the subjects don't vary much). Most striking is Frost's passion -- his enthusiasm, sorrow and thoughts seem to spill off the page.

"A Boy's Will" and "North of Boston" are pretty different, though. The first collection is far less grounded, more ethereal and almost dreamy. Both possess Frost's exquisite phrasing ("A bead of silver water more or less/Strung on your hair won't hurt your summer looks") but the second focuses on more mundane things like hotels, farms and strangers. And more of the poems are long conversations, instead of meditations on nature and life. The first, however, has a poem about a moonlit search for a brook, the God Pan, and the stirring historical poem "In Equal Sacrifice," about Douglas carrying Robert the Bruce's heart to the Holy Land

On an emotional level, the poems are about equal -- "A Boy's Will" is beautifully written, while "North of Boston" is powerful. Some readers might not be thrilled about the conversational poems, which are mostly composed of two people talking in a rather grounded fashion. ("Stark?" he inquired. "No matter for the proof."/"Yes, Stark. And you?"/"I'm Stark." He drew his passport.) But it is quite intriguing to see Frost expanding his poetry and seeing what else he was capable of doing.

"A Boy's Will and North of Boston" encompasses the first two volumes of Robert Frost's classic poetry, and give a look at a poet expanding his talents and finding his unique voice.

Robert Frost is great
This has to be Robert Frost's best piece of writing.I've never read poetry this great.I would really recommend it. ... Read more

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A feast for lovers of American literature-the work of our greatest poet, redesigned and relaunched for a new generation of readers

No poet is more emblematically American than Robert Frost. From "The Road Not Taken" to "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," he refined and even defined our sense of what poetry is and what it can do. T. S. Eliot judged him "the most eminent, the most distinguished Anglo-American poet now living," and he is the only writer in history to have been awarded four Pulitzer Prizes.

Henry Holt is proud to announce the republication of four editions of Frost's most beloved work for a new generation of poets and readers.

You Come Too
A collection of poems selected by Frost himself to be read and enjoyed by all readers, young and old.
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Read Along, Everyone!


I cracked open this book and dove into the rich collection of poems by Robert Frost and after a few moments, I literally felt the title hit me over the head.

"You Come Too" - an invitation.

That's what this book is like - both an invitation and a centerpiece. A collection of poems for all ages to use when they gather around for a Robert Frose read-along.You could gatehr your entire family, friends, neighbors, associates from work or clubs.... everyone of any age would enjoy these selections... from

"Fireflies in the Garden" to "The Rose Family" to the well beloved Frost classic, "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening."

My only wish is that there were more poems in it. Not bad, just wish it was a teensy bit more dense.

A great poet of nature
"You Come Too: Favorite Poems for Readers of All Ages" is a wonderful collection of Robert Frost's work.An interesting foreword by Noel Perrin discusses Frost's life and career.The book contains some poems which will surely be familiar to many readers--"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," "Mending Wall," etc.But that's just part of the treasures in this collection.

Overall, this collection shows Frost's concern with nature and rural life.Many different animals and plants are celebrated: ants, cows, birch trees, etc.Many of the poems have a beautiful musical quality, and the collection as a whole shows an interesting variety of meter and rhyme schemes.

I'll just mention a few of my favorite poems."Acquainted with the Night" is a hauntingly melancholy sonnet."A Patch of Old Snow" well demonstrates Frost's keen observing eye and way with figurative language."The Rose Family" has a comic playfulness that I found quite Seussian."Fireflies in the Garden" is a humorous short poem with an interesting AAA BBB rhyme scheme.Overall, an enjoyable and rewarding collection by an essential American poet.

TipWorld's Children's Literature review
I couldn't let April go without digging out this old favorite. Thisparticular edition of Robert Frost's poetry--I mean, this particularone, with illustrations by Thomas W. Nason and in this particularformat--isfive years old, and you may have already come across it. Ifyou haven't, Ican't recommend it highly enough. Designed especiallyfor young readers,the collection includes the most accessible ofFrost's poetry, includingthe "You Come Too" of the title--which, as a phrase, seems one ofthe most magical and evocative in the language ofchildhood. Like Frost'swork in general, many of the included poemsnod knowingly at nature, andThomas W. Nason's illustrations have abotanist's eye in their design andexecution. This is perhaps myfavorite book of poetry for older children.

Always a classic choice
If you're looking for an easy access poetry collection for the YA audience, this is an excellent choice.Nice and short & beautifully written.

Entry level poetry at it's best
If you're looking to expand your horizons into the world of poetry, this is an excellent place to start.A wonderful collection. ... Read more

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A powerful and persuasive new reading of Frost as a poet deeply engaged with both the literary and public politics of his day. ... Read more

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"When I was young, I was so interested in baseball that my family was afraid I'd waste my life and be a pitcher.Later they were afraid I'd waste my life and be a poet. They were right."
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This comprehensive anthology attempts to give the common reader possession of six centuries of great British and American poetry. The book features a large introductory essay by Harold Bloom called "The Art of Reading Poetry," which presents his critical reflections of more than half a century devoted to the reading, teaching, and writing about the literary achievement he loves most. In the case of all major poets in the language, this volume offers either the entire range of what is most valuable in their work, or vital selections that illuminate each figure's contribution. There are also headnotes by Harold Bloom to every poet in the volume as well as to the most important individual poems. Much more than any other anthology ever gathered, this book provides readers who desire the pleasures of a sublime art with very nearly everything they need in a single volume. It also is regarded as his final meditation upon all those who have formed his mind.

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Quirky but Focused
This quirky collection of poems is light and easy to hold; its optimal physical dimensions motivates me to pull it out of the shelf for another bite-sized morsel.The generous uncluttered layout means poems are given space on the printed page to breathe and thus easy on the eye.

The caveat in the sub-title says "selected", as does Louis Untermeyer's "A Treasury of Great Poems", so a favourite poem may easily be missing (or de-selected) from a these abridged selections.Untermeyer correctly labels his compilation as an "Inspiring Collection"; but Untermeyer's introductions to each poet are essentially placid biographies. In contrast, Bloom's "Best Poems" warns that it comes "with Commentary by Harold Bloom", so it has his unpredictable brio shafts of wit.

Commentary like "Poe is a bad poet, a poor critic and a dreadful prose stylist in his celebrated tales."

"...the astonishingly dreadful `Ulalume' - you can abandon yourself to them if you want to, but what does Poe give you?...They groan as they roll; as if we were in Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense..."

Bloom concedes, "To dream everyone's nightmare has to be genius, which cannot be denied Poe."Bloom then snubs "The Raven", and serves up Israfel and The City in the Sea instead.

"Julia Ward Howe's poetry is copious but ignites only in the `Battle-Hymn'."

"Walt Whitman is a difficult poet - complex, evasive, subtle, hermetic - who wants his poetry to look easy.Democratic in ideology, Whitman personally was intensely private and elitest (sic), and his open stance towards his readers is rhetorical fiction."In Whitman's section, Bloom makes the observation "Free verse" is an oxymoron.

"I am not always certain that any strong protagonist in Shakespeare ever bothers to listen to any one else, because he or she is preoccupied with self-overhearing."

"Dickinson's poetry looks simple and is very difficult, ..."

"I confess a lifelong hostility to T.S. Eliot, whose literary criticism did real harm...Eliot was an anti-Semite, though his variety of that spiritual illness never achieved the obsessive intensity of his close friend Ezra Pound.I mention this matter so as to get it out of the way, although I believe it was central to Eliot's cultural polemic." I am entertained.

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day" (#18), is missing from the selection of 14 sonnets. Notable omissions include "Eve of St Agnes".The most reprehensible omission is "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost.If a book were titled "From Chaucer Through Frost", I would expect Robert Frost to be more comprehensively represented.Louis Untermeyer was a close personal friend of Robert Frost, yet his "Treasury" also did not include "Mending Wall", and it falls on Norton's Anthology to pick up the slack.With friends like Louis, who needs enemies.

Short staples, like "Tintern Abbey" are included."Because I could not stop for Death -" joins 20 others from the same poet.Bloom explains at length in his 2008 book "How to write about Emily Dickinson" why he uses this poem to introduce his students to Dickinson's works.

Marianne Moore is impressively featured and discussed vibrantly at some length.

We are treated to yet another weary re-printing of the lengthy Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Bloom explains that Alfred, Lord Tennyson's works are in a sense elegies for his deceased friend A. H. Hallam, like Ulysses, Morte d'Arthur, Idylls of the King, Tithonus, and they all mourn him - all right, point taken.

But to inflict 30 pages of"In Memoriam A.H.H." in a book of less than a thousand material pages is sheer villainous indulgence on the part of Bloom."The Charge of the Light Brigade" would have been better use of paper.Untermeyer selected only the best verses from "In Memoriam A.H.H.", showing that even a good poem can be edited by applying good sense.Bloom could have edited most of the longer poems, explaining the retention of the verses chosen, and leave the lifting of heavy stuff to Norton's Anthology.

Starting from Chaucer was wise: "English" before Chaucer sounds like a different language.Bloom anoints some modern day poets in the latter part of his collection.

Harold Bloom's book is a highly focused commentary on what he considers "Best Poems", where he is in his element.

An indispensable volume
I'm not a fan of Harold Bloom, his indulgent and all but anachronistic writing style (he once wrote, "I am weary unto death," and I found myself wondering for days whether the man was serious or pulling all of our legs with his wounded critic act) or his baselessly castastrophic assessment of literary studies--this much I must make clear before I proceed to review this magnificent book, a happy exception in his stilted oeuvre. I think many of his theories are taken too far and made, unnecessarily, much too elaborate and obscure. Take, for instance, the entirely sound (and simple) concept of poetic misprision, which could easily have been written about in a single essay (the first chapter, "Clinamen," tells one all one needs to know, really), but which is painfully dragged out for over two hundred pages. Take his masturbatory and ridiculous interpretation of Milton's "Paradise Lost" as an allegory for his own theory of poetic influence, which brings to mind Nabokov's Charles Kinbote and Woolf's Nicholas Greene both, and his laughable claim that the Greek tragedies were Shakespearean and not the other way around. Or take his clear contempt for T.S. Eliot and, more broadly, the more experimental line of American poetics (Pound, Williams, Zukofsky, Oppen and the like). Or...

And yet here, tethered only to the facts of the lives of the many poets whose work he anthologizes (with the notable exception of William Carlos Williams, whose selections he prefaces at great length), Bloom shines, and his passion for literature is in full and glorious (he might say 'contaminative') force. Some of the choices are obvious, others less so, but his introductions to each poet's work are illuminating, his feverish theorizing kept to a minimum (sadly, not because of a newfound restraint but for lack of space), and the overall package works as a terrific compendium of English-language poetry till the turn of the twentieth century, perhaps even the best available as of the writing of this review. His essay-length foreword, "The Art of Reading Poetry" (sold also as a thin standalone volume by Harper Perennial), does not stray often or far from what its title implies and is a great guide for would-be serious students of poetry. All in all, this is of late one of my favorite books, and certainly the one I go back to most because even as I have the complete works of many of the anthologized poets, here their best work is in a single if hardly lightweight volume. Do not hesitate to buy it.

Unequivocally the Greatest Anthology of its Kind
I think most will agree, whether they hold Bloom in high esteem or not, that this particular anthology of poetry is truly something spectacular. The criteria which he based his selection on is wholly unbiased, (though some may disagree) as it is based on pure aesthetic merit and nothing else. Therefore overly sentimental, political, moral, or idealogical works are nowhere to be found in this anthology. Here you will only find the best of the best: the most idiosyncratic yet, paradoxically, the most universal sentiments or thoughts expressed in the most profound and unique ways (thus transcending their time and culture). And they are here in spades! That is the difference between this anthology and most others of the sort.

Not only are the selections grand, but the notes on the poems and on the authors themselves are wonderfully useful and interesting. Generally, on lesser poets Bloom will give a concise biography and notes that allow one to better comprehend the poem. On more eminent poets he will expound at a much greater length on the poet's life and his or her poetry. This could include (but is certainly not limited to) events that help place specific poems into a useful context, notes about the poet's notions regarding his or her conception of poetry itself, etc. In short, these notes are very varied and always illuminating.

I cannot tell you how often I've picked up this book, and casually perused its pages hunting for a poem that adequately suited my mood of the moment. Nor can I count how many poets I had not heard of before that are now among my absolute favorites. Even poets I had long heard of but neglected to read are now open to me because of this book (Shakespeare being the greatest poet I had formerly neglected; thank you Prof. Bloom for opening my eyes to the mighty power of the Bard!).

Bloom's introduction ("The Art of Reading Poetry") can be obscure in some places, but, as time goes on and I read more poems, I comprehend it more and more thoroughly. His notion regarding inevitable phrasing is very intriguing as are his writings regarding allusions. It is a great addition to an already wonderful anthology.

I highly recommend all who even moderately enjoy poetry in the English tongue to buy this book. It offers so much more than a purely scholarly anthology one may purchase for a collegiate level course. To conclude, you really can't go wrong with this book because it offers a vast array of poems and poets thanks to Prof. Bloom's great taste regarding sublime poetry.

A Commentary
Bloom's collection here is an excellent start for new poet scholars. He offers more than just an edited collection of poetry. Here he meticulously and intelligently shares his opinion on each and every poem he's handpicked for his collection. The title suggests it is the ultimate collection of poetry for a shelf with no other poetry. However, if you are looking for such a singular text, this is not the right book for you. Bloom at times allows his personal opinions to get in the way of including traditional poems associated with the greatest poetry of all time. If you are interested in the study of poetry, Bloom's collection is an excellent one. However, if you are in search of a compilation of poetry to complete your library, you would be better off with Norton's.

Nice Collection
Of course this is "My favorite poems" collection by Professor Bloom. I was disappointed to not find Whittier in here, but after learning Mr. Bloom considers Whitman the greatest America poet it does not surprise me. He could have at least printed "Snowbound".

Space given to Longfellow was very short - far too short for my taste, anyway. I think a selection from "Evangeline" or "The Song of Hiawatha" would have been appropriate.

I do think he gave a nice bit of space to Dickinson.

Overall, this collection is very nice and definitely a keeper. My suggestion is to read this as an introduction to poetry and the buy a book of your favorites to get a broader view.

I also think the introductions and annotations given by prof. Bloom are very nice.
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content was fine, quality of book was not.
I purchased this book because I love Robert Frost's poetry.I got the hardcover so it would be worth keeping on a bookshelf.The print was blurred in several places, there was no index by first lines, and the coverwas disappointing. I expected for $30.00 a nice quality binding.Not worththe money, especially when comparing to a copy of Thoreau's "Faith ina Seed" which was $21.00 and very nice, on good quality paper, with adustcover.

This is not your Junior High School poetry class.
Robert Frost's legacy is a vision of startling clarity and bottomless empathy. His poems are deceptively simple, and anyone who has not revisited them since Junior High School is in for a surprise of major proportions: What seemed so simple, "Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening" perhaps, dazzles anew with complexity. Those quaint New England homilies are really metaphors for the most subtle observations. What seems to be a story about the life of nature is really a lesson about the nature of life. Frost has been criticized for being too accessible, as if communicating in one's writing were a sin. But while he is accessible, he is never transparent. These poems are a well one can return to again and again for a fresh drink, a fresh perspective, a long, sweet sip. ... Read more

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Joseph Brodsky, Seamus Heaney, Derek Walcott--three Nobel laureates and threeof our generation's greatest poets explore the misconceptions and mythologiesthat surround one of America's most famous and beloved deceased poets--RobertFrost.Amazon.com Review
Joseph Brodsky, Seamus Heaney, and Derek Walcott, Nobellaureates all, have written perceptive, affectionate, admiring essayson Robert Frost. Eschewing both of the prevailing caricatures of Frost(the irascible but beloved cracker-barrel philosopher and the shallowmegalomaniac), these writers pay careful attention to the poemsthemselves. They open doors into the world of words that Frostconstructed, and help readers understand the music and the ideas inthose worlds. Derek Walcott's dark reading of Frost's much-quotedclassic, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," is aloneworth the price of Homage to Robert Frost. ... Read more

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This is a wonderful companion to hearing Frost's seemingly off handed reading of his material
This is a marvelous little book to be savoured at every chance and to be re-read as well. Its instructive for both the reader of poetry and the writer of poetry and every student of poetry should read this little masterpiece.It contains many insights and adds a much needed depth to the Frost that many may suspect is not there. Brodsky's erudite rendering of Frost as a student of Virgil makes me want to run back to Virgil and read other works by him besides the Aeneid and go to The Eclogues, also called Bucolics.

Brodsky's explanation of Frost's work is the best I've seen
If you need to read one critical examination of Robert Frost,buy this& read Joseph Brodsky's fantastic, accessible take on "Home Burial".What a great book this is--three fine poets examining a brilliant poet.But it is Brodsky who best holds to the Frost credo--he speaks clearly and plainly.

A glimpse into how poets read poets
Brodsky, Heaney, and Walcott helped me hear the music of Frost's poetry. They don't analyze all that many poems but the insights they offer open the door to others. For example, I learned about Frost's idea of "Sentence-Sounds" in Brodsky's review of "Home Burial" and his idea of the "Sounds of Sense" in Heaney's discussion of "Desert Places". Then when I read Frost's "To a Thinker", which does not appear in "Homage to Frost", I came across the line "...From sound to sense and back to sound", and of course I recognized a familiar theme. If you like Frost, this book makes a nice companion reader. ... Read more