Glorifying Nature in Four Selected Poems of Robert Frost

Abstract

The aim of this study is to show how Robert Frost glorified Nature by examining four selected poems of him: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Dust of Snow, The Tuft of Flowers and A Minor Bird. In Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Robert Frost presented a traveler who stopped in the woods in a snowy evening to watch the woods. The poem Dust of Snow talks about a day in which the poet was working in a garden or a pasture. He shook down a tree when the dust of snow on that tree fell down on him. In this poem, the speaker says that the dust has changed his mood. He linked this change of mood with his heart. The poem The Tuft of Flowers, the poem shows how nature can send a message of joy toward the heart of a human being. The poem A Minor Bird, in this poem, the speaker talks about a bird that he wishes to leave. The speaker wishes that bird to leave because that bird annoyed him and became a source of disturbance to the speaker. The result revealed that Robert Frost used the theme of Nature as a background in which he could send his ideas and thoughts to the readers. By glorifying it, he could deliver great messages, thoughts, and senses to all people around the world about the importance of nature in our lives and the great effects of it on our minds and hearts.

Keywords

• Nature, Robert Frost, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Dust of Snow, The Tuft of Flowers, and A Minor Bird.