Yankee poet — definition?
Frost associated with New England identity.
National poet — role?
Represents American poetic voice broadly.
Rural New England — focus?
Depicts local landscapes and life.
Universal themes — in Frost?
Expresses human experiences beyond region.
Poetry as sound of sense — view?
Poetry communicates through sound before meaning.
Frost early death — from?
Father died of tuberculosis in 1885.
Frost’s hometown —?
Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Frost’s wife — name?
Elinor White.
First published poem —?
“My Butterfly: An Elegy” in 1894.
London breakthrough — method?
Sell Derry farm, seek receptive publishers.
Frost’s first collection —?
A Boy’s Will (1913).
Second collection —?
North of Boston (1914).
Frost’s American publisher —?
Henry Holt.
Frost’s major awards —?
Pulitzer Prize for New Hampshire (1923).
Poem types —?
Nature Lyrics, Dramatic Narratives, Commentary, Humor.
Sound of sense — concept?
Poetry’s sound communicates before full meaning.
Poetry technique —?
Breaking sounds of sense with regular meter.
Locality principle —?
New England as microcosm for universal human themes.
Colloquiality —?
Poetry mimics everyday speech rhythms.
Frost’s realism —?
Portrays ordinary people, reproduces speech tone.
Modernism stance —?
Independent, distrusts obscure, avoids over-fractured forms.
Pastoral mode —?
Uses primitive perspective to comment on complex society.
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