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Fri 25 Aug, 2006 10:59 pm
I know a lot of people know at least one of his poem, most notably "The Road Less Taken." Do you think Robert Frost is the most popular Anglophone poet? What are your favourite Robert Frost poem(s)?
I like "The Road Less Taken" and "Fire and Ice."
No. Bobby Burns. Maybe Kipling
anglophone = english? Wouldn't shakespeare fit the bill? Where's the line between poetry something like shakespeare's plays?
I will back William Butler Yeats.
My favourite Frost:
Quote:Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
littlek wrote:anglophone = english? Wouldn't shakespeare fit the bill? Where's the line between poetry something like shakespeare's plays?
I have the same question as Littlek
Yeah. In Speech Communication, we were required to read a poem to the class. Someone read the lyrics to The Sounds of Silence. It went over very well.
I read Sarah Teasdale's poem "There Will Come Soft Rains" in my junior high school English class.
everyone liked it so much they actually (to my complete surprise and astonishment) burst into applause when I was done reading.
Perhaps there is still hope for the human spirit afterall.
xguymontagx wrote:
Perhaps there is still hope for the human spirit afterall.
And you will help that happen.
Always admire those who makes those make applause by reading literature.
LOVE'S SECRET
by: William Blake (1757-1827)
EVER seek to tell thy love,
Love that never told can be;
For the gentle wind doth move
Silently, invisibly.
I told my love, I told my love,
I told her all my heart,
Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears.
Ah! she did depart!
Soon after she was gone from me,
A traveller came by,
Silently, invisibly:
He took her with a sigh
I analyzed Southern Cross for english
Quote: I told my love, I told my love,
I told her all my heart,
Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears.
Ah! she did depart!
Might have been better to have kept your mouth shut.
Right, Shakespeare! I guess I was thinking more of the most popular "modern" English poet.
Any poem you especially liked from Yeats?
The only Yeats poem I remember right now is "The Second Coming."
This is Robert Frost's poem:
"Fire and Ice
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice."
I think this poem talks about how passion/desire and hatred can create disasters. Very true.
I don't think there is one "most popular anglophone poet". The spectrum of English and American poetry is too wide for that. People have personal tastes. Critics specialize in eras and styles. Frost is certainly widely taught in high schools and definately belongs to the Cannon. "The Road Not Taken" is so popular that it has become cliche. I think he is very well known. But certainly not the most popular.
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