Özet:
Robert Frost‘s popularity was accepted with his simplistic style, his
particular sensitivity and a clever use of imagery in his poetry in the twentieth
century. Frost‘s poetry includes his life experiences, his work and family, which
effectively portrays the New England lifestyle with his simple language. Man‘s
relation with universe is his main concern in his poems. The vastness of universe is
beyond compare to man with his loneliness and frailty with it. Man‘s indifference
and his confrontation of the universe have a connection with certain themes in his
poetry. His great admiration of nature made his poems portraying one of the great
themes in his poetry: nature. As a prevalent subject, nature brought great optimism
and complexity upon to his writings. His respect for nature is stated in the poem
Trees at My Window: ―Tree at my window, window tree/ My sash is lowered when
night comes on; / But let there never be curtain drawn/ Between you and me.‖ My
particular focus in this study is Frost‘s certain joy about nature and even a fear
towards it on which results in man‘s isolation in society and despite his struggle to
connect himself to it in regards to his longing. This isolation and longing come from
human psychology. Therefore the rural scenes, landscapes, farmers and natural
world are illustrated with the man‘s struggle with life and personal psychology. This
study begins by placing Frost‘s works in the context of Romantic poetry. Frost gives
his readers the observation of something in nature and its connection to human
isolation. The best way to understand Frost's key themes- his affection for nature,
man's reasons for keeping away from nature, man's loneliness in the face of nature,
the power of nature to act as a remedy for man's ills- is to examine the poems
"Birches," "Mending Wall," "After Apple-Picking" and "Two Look at Two".
