The Stand of Robert Frost, Early and Lates

“What really means something to us is the way Frost, early and late, has practised the skills of a great tradition—rhyming skilfully, metaphorizing adeptly, and striking off passages that stick in the mind.” So concludes Professor Cook, a personal acquaintance of Robert Frost, author of The Dimensions of Robert Frost, and director of the Bread Loaf School of English. This essay traces Frost’s development in subject matter, viewpoint, method, and tone.