Selected Poems (1923) is a collection of poems by American poet Robert Frost. Dedicated to Edward Thomas, a friend of Frost's and an important English poet who died toward the end of the First World War, Selected Poems is a wonderful sampling of poems from Frost's early collections, including A Boy's Will and North of Boston. Known for his plainspoken language and dedication to the images and rhythms of rural New England, Robert Frost is one of America's most iconic poets, a voice to whom generations of readers have turned in search of beauty, music, and life. "Mowing" envisions the poet's…mehr
Selected Poems (1923) is a collection of poems by American poet Robert Frost. Dedicated to Edward Thomas, a friend of Frost's and an important English poet who died toward the end of the First World War, Selected Poems is a wonderful sampling of poems from Frost's early collections, including A Boy's Will and North of Boston. Known for his plainspoken language and dedication to the images and rhythms of rural New England, Robert Frost is one of America's most iconic poets, a voice to whom generations of readers have turned in search of beauty, music, and life. "Mowing" envisions the poet's work through the prism of rural labor. "There was never a sound beside the wood but one / And that was my long scythe whispering to the ground. / What was it it whispered?" The speaker does not know, but continues his task, hypnotized by its rhythm and simple music. In "After Apple-Picking," as fall gives over to winter, the poet remembers in dreams how the "Magnified apples appear and disappear, / Stem end and blossom end" as he climbs the ladder into the heart of the tree. Both a symbol for life and a metaphor for the poetic act, apple picking leaves the poet "overtired / Of the great harvest [he himself] desired", awaiting sleep as he describes "its coming on," wondering what, if anything, it will bring. "The Road Not Taken," perhaps Frost's most famous poem, is a meditation on fate and free will that follows a traveler in an autumn landscape, unsure of which path to take, but certain he cannot stand still. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Robert Frost's Selected Poems is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Robert Browning was born on May 7, 1812, in Camberwell, London), the first-born of Robert and Sarah Browning. His mother was a Non-Conformist and an accomplished pianist. Mr. Browning senior had forgone a fortune after objecting to the slavery on the family's plantation in the West Indies. He became instead a clerk in the Bank of England. Despite his modest salary he was able to marry, raise a family, and to acquire a library of some 6,000 books.Most of the poet's education came at home. He was an extremely bright child and an omnivorous reader and learned Latin, Greek, French and Italian before his mid-teens. He attended the University of London in 1828, the year it first opened (now University College London), but left after a year to continue his further education at his own pace.In the 1830s he met the actor William Macready and wrote several verse dramas, without much in the way of success. At the same time he was developing his verse syle with an emphasis on dramatic situations and character analysis. His first publication, 'Pauline', printed anonymously and with a subvention from his father, failed to find a single buyer. His next, 'Paracelsus', failed also to find many readers amongst the wider public, but did create a name for him amongst the literati. His third volume, 'Sordello' (1840) came close to ruining his reputation for good, as almost no-one understood what he was trying to do. Subsequent to this failure he further developed the dramatic monologue as his favoured form, with the narrator invariably not being the author himself, and presenting a slippery notion of reality and truth.In the mid-1840s, after having read and admired the work of Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861), he arranged to meet her. She was a semi-invalid and lived under the thumb of a domineering father, who forbade any of his children to marry. Despite this, the two fell in love, and eloped, living in Italy-mostly in Florence-until Elizabeth's death. While they were together, Elisabeth was much the better-known poet, but Robert began to develop his own public from the mid-1850s onwards and became lionised after his return to London, following the death of his wife. His ascent into the living pantheon was achieved with the monumental verse-novel 'The Ring and the Book' (1868-9), and his reputation continued to remain high until his death, despite some of his later books not finding favour-Browning continued to push the boundaries of taste, and could upset the genteel Victorian reading public with works such as 'Red Cotton Night-Cap Country' (a dismal title for what is in fact another interesting verse novel). His last book, 'Asolando', appeared on the day he died and went through fourteen editions-a contrast to 'Sordello', which only sold some 150 copies in its first 15 years.Browning is buried in Poet's Corner at Westminster Abbey
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Selected PoemsIntroduction Note on the Text Porphyria's Lover Johannes Agricola in Meditation Song from Pippa Passes ("The year's at the spring") Scene from Pippa Passes ("There goes a swallow to Venice...") My Last Duchess Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister The Pied Piper of Hamelin; A Chld's Story "How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix" The Lost Leader Meeting at Night Parting at Morning Home-Thoughts, from Abroad The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed's Church Love Among the Ruins A Lovers' Quarrel Up at a Villa - Down in the City Fra Lippo Lippi A Toccata of Galuppi's An Epistle Containing the Strange Medical Experience of Karshish, the Arab Physician Mesmerism A Serenade at the Villa "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" The Statue and the Bust How It Strikes a Contemporary The Patriot Memorabilia Andrea del Sarto In a Year Cleon Two in the Campagna A Grammarian's Funeral James Lee's Wife I. James Lee's Wife Speaks at the Window II. By the Fireside III. In the Doorway IV. Along the Beach V. On the Cliff VI. Reading a Book, Under the Cliff VII. Among the Rocks VIII. Beside the Drawing-Board IX. On Deck Gold Hair: A Story of Pornic Dis Aliter Visum; or, Le Byron de Nos Jours A Death in the Desert Caliban upon Setebos; or, Natural Theology in the Island Confessions Youth and Art A Likeness Mr. Sludge, "The Medium" Apparent Failure Epilogue [to Dramatis Personae] House Saint Martin's Summer Ned Bratts Clive [Wanting is - what?] Donald Never the Time and the Place The Names Now Beatric Signorini Spring Song Notes Index of Titles Index of First Lines
Selected PoemsIntroduction Note on the Text Porphyria's Lover Johannes Agricola in Meditation Song from Pippa Passes ("The year's at the spring") Scene from Pippa Passes ("There goes a swallow to Venice...") My Last Duchess Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister The Pied Piper of Hamelin; A Chld's Story "How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix" The Lost Leader Meeting at Night Parting at Morning Home-Thoughts, from Abroad The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed's Church Love Among the Ruins A Lovers' Quarrel Up at a Villa - Down in the City Fra Lippo Lippi A Toccata of Galuppi's An Epistle Containing the Strange Medical Experience of Karshish, the Arab Physician Mesmerism A Serenade at the Villa "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came" The Statue and the Bust How It Strikes a Contemporary The Patriot Memorabilia Andrea del Sarto In a Year Cleon Two in the Campagna A Grammarian's Funeral James Lee's Wife I. James Lee's Wife Speaks at the Window II. By the Fireside III. In the Doorway IV. Along the Beach V. On the Cliff VI. Reading a Book, Under the Cliff VII. Among the Rocks VIII. Beside the Drawing-Board IX. On Deck Gold Hair: A Story of Pornic Dis Aliter Visum; or, Le Byron de Nos Jours A Death in the Desert Caliban upon Setebos; or, Natural Theology in the Island Confessions Youth and Art A Likeness Mr. Sludge, "The Medium" Apparent Failure Epilogue [to Dramatis Personae] House Saint Martin's Summer Ned Bratts Clive [Wanting is - what?] Donald Never the Time and the Place The Names Now Beatric Signorini Spring Song Notes Index of Titles Index of First Lines
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