{"product_id":"robert-frost-sixteen-poems-to-learn-by-heart-hardcover","title":"Robert Frost: Sixteen Poems to Learn by Heart - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Frost\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJay Parini\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCelebrate Robert Frost's 150th birthday with a deluxe keepsake edition featuring 16 of his greatest poems--with brilliant essays highlighting his special genius and the power of memorization to unlock the magic of his language\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring a public reading Robert Frost was once asked why he so frequently recited his poems from memory. With typical wit, he replied: \"If they won't stick to me, I won't stick to them.\" Remarkably among the modern poets, his poems \"stick\" to the reader: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Mending Wall,\"\u003c\/b\u003e with its famous invocation of the rural maxim \"Good fences make good neighbors\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"The Road Not Taken,\"\u003c\/b\u003e about the beguiling possibilities of life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Birches,\"\u003c\/b\u003e which reminds us that \"One could do worse than be a swinger of birches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,\"\u003c\/b\u003e with its unforgettable final line: \"And miles to go before I sleep.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere, poet and Frost biographer Jay Parini presents these and 12 other Frost poems to learn by heart. In short accompanying commentaries, Parini illuminates the stylistic and imaginative features of each of the poems, drawing in biographical material from Frost's life to provide further context. \"The goal of this little book is to encourage readers to slow down--to listen to Frost's words and phrases, to locate their deepest rhythms, and hear the tune of each poem as it unfolds. . . . Memorizing a poem can teach us much about a poem's structure and argument, and about the resonance of particular words. And best of all, memorization makes a poem part of our inner lives. Once committed to memory, a poem is available to us for recall at any time--and the occasions for remembering it will make themselves known to us. It isn't something we have to work at.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnyone who has read and loved Frost's poetry will want to own and treasure this little gift edition. Those reading Frost for the first time or those wishing to become better acquainted with one of America's greatest poets will not find a better, more insightful guide than Jay Parini.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Frost\u003c\/b\u003e was born in San Francisco in 1874. When he was ten, his father died and he and his mother moved to New England. He attended school at Dartmouth and Harvard, worked in a mill, taught, and took up farming, before he moved to England, where his first books of poetry, \u003ci\u003eA Boy's Will\u003c\/i\u003e (1913) and \u003ci\u003eNorth of Boston\u003c\/i\u003e (1914), were published. In 1915 he returned to the United States and settled on a farm in New Hampshire. Four volumes of his poetry, \u003ci\u003eNew Hampshire\u003c\/i\u003e (1923), \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (1930), \u003ci\u003eA Further Range\u003c\/i\u003e (1936), and \u003ci\u003eA Witness Tree \u003c\/i\u003e(1942) were awarded Pulitzer Prizes. He died in 1963. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJay Parini\u003c\/b\u003e, the D. E. Axinn Professor of English and Creative Writing at Middlebury College, is a poet, novelist, biographer, and critic. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRobert Frost: A Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWhy Poetry Matters\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBorges and Me: An Encounter\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other works of nonfiction. His books of poetry include \u003ci\u003eNew and Collected Poems, 1975-2015 \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Subtraction\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.6 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52696712053043,"sku":"9781598537703","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/s_YOfpvG_d9781598537703.webp?v=1763117612","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/robert-frost-sixteen-poems-to-learn-by-heart-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}