Robert Frost's Influence On American Poetry

Critics raved about Robert Frost in the 19th and 20th century. Additionally, there was such a sufficient amount of positive feed that it was hard to find bits of criticism. Robert Frost’s awards consist of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the United States Poet Laureate, a Robert Frost Medal, the Bollingen Prize, the Congressional Gold Medal, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award. Frost was obviously a successful and gifted writer, however, even the best writers have their blemishes. Robert Frost is one of the most well-known American poets that has ever lived. According to the article “The Themes of Robert Frost”, “we know the labels [of Frost] which have been used: nature poet, New England Yankee, symbolist, humanist, skeptic, synecdochist, anti-Platonist, and many others” (Warren 1). The author of this article, Robert Penn Warren, notifies the readers that one cannot solely base their thoughts of Robert Frost’s work on his labels. He states, “(...) the important thing about a poet is never what kind of label he wears. It is what kind of poetry he writes” (Warren 1). In other words, trying to look beyond the labels of
Regionalism in poetry puts a primary focus on a specific feature. In Robert Frost’s case, it was the character’s dialect that he focused on. The language in his poems was just the first sign of this newly found regionalism. The Poetry Foundation states, “Critics frequently point out that Frost complicated his problem and enriched his style by setting traditional meters against the natural rhythms of speech” (“Robert Frost” par 4). In translation, Frost gave his characters the voice of a New Englander, making his poems almost lyrical. Regionalism gained a lot of publicity in the 1930s by many American authors, therefore critics were eager to explore the possible problems with this newly found writing