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Revelation
| Term Paper Title |
Revelation |
| # of Words |
876 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) |
3.5 |
Revelation
Robert Frost is remembered as one of the most popular and honored poets of the twentieth century. His popularity is partly due to his experiences and the universal themes that he uses to create his poems about relationships, nature, and the world. Frost’s experiences in life help him to create the vivid scenes he sets within his poetry. He was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California, but most of his works revolve around rural New England. He graduated in 1892 from Lawrence High School, where he was class poet and co-valedictorian with his future wife, Elinor Miriam White (Foglesong 71). After less than one semester at Dartmouth College, he spent several years working as a school teacher, a mill worker, and a newspaper reporter. At the turn of the century, Frost experienced personal tragedy when his mother died, his son committed suicide, and a daughter had a complete mental breakdown (American Literature 1085). Frost continued with his poetry, and on January 29, 1963, Robert Frost died in Boston, Massachusetts as a result of complications from surgery to remove urinary obstructions (Foglesong 73). President Kennedy paid tribute by saying “His death impoverishes us all; but he has bequeathed his nation a body of imperishable verse from which Americans will forever gain joy and understanding. He has promises to keep and miles to go, and now he sleeps.” (Foglesong 73). It is from Frost’s past experiences and personal perspectives that he derives his views on the way people portray themselves expressed in the poem, “Revelation.”
Most of Frost’s works contain the traditional forms of poetry, while other poets of his time were experimenting with their own innovative forms and structures. Frost’s work suggests that “the absence of traditional form in poetry diminishes the dramatic element, a quality he prized” (Griener 127). Frost’s work tends to distract the reader from such things as counting metrical variations and determining rhythm patterns, and brings the attention of the reader “into” the poem. A reader can only find the basic rhythm by taking note of Frost’s deliberate notation of syllable count, poetic feet, and accent, as it does in the poem, “Revelation.”
Revelation
We make ourselves a place apart
Behind light words that tease and flout,
But oh, the agitated heart
Till someone really finds us out.
‘Tis pity if the case require
(Or so we say) that in the end
We speak the literal to inspire
The understand
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