Robert Frost was known for writing his own kind of poetry, which did not seem to fit into any particular literary movement or genre, although his poetry sometimes contains some of the elements of modernism . He was very popular in his day, largely because his poetry is so easy to read, containing what at first glance appear to be simple topics and relatively easy-to-understand language. If the reader were to look beyond the surface level of the poems, however, a much deeper meaning could be found in Frost's poetry by exploring the different themes and motifs present throughout the poem along with a closer look at Frost's choice of words, language, and form. This essay will trace these characteristics in the poems “Mending Wall,” “Fire and Ice,” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” A common theme that we usually see again and again in Frost's poetry is the idea of building barriers. or isolation. For example, in “Mending Wall” two neighbors meet every year to “walk the line” of the barrier that separates them, in this case a wall, to repair their fence by replacing the stones that have fallen, both from the “hunters” and from the “elf” hunters. The idea of the wall here is ironic because two men meet in civil and friendly circumstances to build a barrier between each other. The poem's author highlights this irony when he questions his neighbor's clichéd justification for needing the wall: "Good fences make good neighbors." Yet the speaker is the one who goes to the neighbor every year to remind him that it is time to repair the wall. Through this poem, Frost could be saying that even though the idea of a wall that serves no purpose seems silly to the speaker, at least some barriers are important in everyone's life. We also see the center of the card and feel the “easy wind”. In “Mending Wall” we can see the “boulders in the sun” and hear the “dogs yelping”. Overall, his writing process involved using different poetic forms and combining them in various ways to create his own very distinct form. By using these traditional characteristics but tearing them apart and rearranging them in his own way, one might even say that he was building and destroying his own wall, creating his own barrier by choosing which rules to break and which to follow. , there are many similar themes, motifs, and characteristics found throughout Frost's poetry. At first glance, a reader might mistake its simple language and form for simplistic poetry. However, by looking a little closer and delving deeper into each verse, one can begin to find the hidden complexities and, overall, deeper meaning in Frost's poetry..
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