{"product_id":"selected-poems-9781513270890","title":"Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (1923) is a collection of poems by American poet Robert Frost. Dedicated to Edward Thomas, a friend of Frost's and an important English poet who died toward the end of the First World War, \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful sampling of poems from Frost's early collections, including \u003ci\u003eA Boy's Will\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNorth of Boston\u003c\/i\u003e. Known for his plainspoken language and dedication to the images and rhythms of rural New England, Robert Frost is one of America's most iconic poets, a voice to whom generations of readers have turned in search of beauty, music, and life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mowing\" envisions the poet's work through the prism of rural labor. \"There was never a sound beside the wood but one \/ And that was my long scythe whispering to the ground. \/ What was it it whispered?\" The speaker does not know, but continues his task, hypnotized by its rhythm and simple music. In \"After Apple-Picking,\" as fall gives over to winter, the poet remembers in dreams how the \"Magnified apples appear and disappear, \/ Stem end and blossom end\" as he climbs the ladder into the heart of the tree. Both a symbol for life and a metaphor for the poetic act, apple picking leaves the poet \"overtired \/ Of the great harvest [he himself] desired\", awaiting sleep as he describes \"its coming on,\" wondering what, if anything, it will bring. \"The Road Not Taken,\" perhaps Frost's most famous poem, is a meditation on fate and free will that follows a traveler in an autumn landscape, unsure of which path to take, but certain he cannot stand still.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Robert Frost's \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrost, Robert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Frost\u003c\/b\u003e (1874-1963) was an American poet. Born in San Francisco, Frost moved with his family to Lawrence, Massachusetts following the death of his father, a teacher and editor. There, he attended Lawrence High School and went on to study for a brief time at Dartmouth College before returning home to work as a teacher, factory worker, and newspaper delivery person. Certain of his calling as a poet, Frost sold his first poem in 1894, embarking on a career that would earn him acclaim and honor unlike any American poet before or since. Before his paternal grandfather's death, he purchased a farm in Derry, New Hampshire for Robert and his wife Elinor. For the next decade, Frost worked on the farm while writing poetry in the mornings before returning to teaching once more. In 1912, having moved to England, Frost published \u003ci\u003eA Boy's Will\u003c\/i\u003e, his first book of poems. Through the next several years, he wrote and published poetry while befriending such writers as Edward Thomas and Ezra Pound. In 1915, after publishing \u003ci\u003eNorth of Boston\u003c\/i\u003e (1914) in London, Frost returned to the United States to settle on another farm in Franconia, New Hampshire, where he continued writing and teaching and began lecturing. Over the next several decades, Frost published numerous collections of poems, including \u003ci\u003eNew Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes\u003c\/i\u003e (1924) and \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (1931), winning a total of four Pulitzer Prizes and establishing his reputation as the foremost American poet of his generation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mint Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50495320686866,"sku":"9781513270890","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_67b8626b-3a68-4b71-a9ea-c2b777f3c712.jpg?v=1730680826","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/selected-poems-9781513270890","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}