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A Collection of Poems by Robert Frost
The early works of beloved poet Robert Frost, collected in one volume.
The poetry of Robert Frost is praised for its realistic depiction of rural life in New England during the early twentieth century, as well as for its examination of social and philosophical issues. Through the use of American idiom and free verse, Frost produced many enduring poems that remain popular with modern readers. A Collection of Poems by Robert Frost contains all the poems from his first four published collections: A Boy’s Will (1913), North of Boston (1914), Mountain Interval (1916), and New Hampshire (1923), including classics such as “The Road Not Taken,” “Fire and Ice,” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.”
The poetry of Robert Frost is praised for its realistic depiction of rural life in New England during the early twentieth century, as well as for its examination of social and philosophical issues. Through the use of American idiom and free verse, Frost produced many enduring poems that remain popular with modern readers. A Collection of Poems by Robert Frost contains all the poems from his first four published collections: A Boy’s Will (1913), North of Boston (1914), Mountain Interval (1916), and New Hampshire (1923), including classics such as “The Road Not Taken,” “Fire and Ice,” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.”
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First published January 1, 2019
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Robert Frost
1,026 books5,030 followersFlinty, moody, plainspoken and deep, Robert Frost was one of America's most popular 20th-century poets. Frost was farming in Derry, New Hampshire when, at the age of 38, he sold the farm, uprooted his family and moved to England, where he devoted himself to his poetry. His first two books of verse, A Boy's Will (1913) and North of Boston (1914), were immediate successes. In 1915 he returned to the United States and continued to write while living in New Hampshire and then Vermont. His pastoral images of apple trees and stone fences -- along with his solitary, man-of-few-words poetic voice -- helped define the modern image of rural New England. Frost's poems include "Mending Wall" ("Good fences make good neighbors"), "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" ("Whose woods these are I think I know"), and perhaps his most famous work, "The Road Not Taken" ("Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- / I took the one less traveled by"). Frost was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry four times: in 1924, 1931, 1937 and 1943. He also served as "Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress" from 1958-59; that position was renamed as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry (or simply Poet Laureate) in 1986.
Frost recited his poem "The Gift Outright" at the 1961 inauguration of John F. Kennedy... Frost attended both Dartmouth College and Harvard, but did not graduate from either school... Frost preferred traditional rhyme and meter in poetry; his famous dismissal of free verse was, "I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down."
Frost recited his poem "The Gift Outright" at the 1961 inauguration of John F. Kennedy... Frost attended both Dartmouth College and Harvard, but did not graduate from either school... Frost preferred traditional rhyme and meter in poetry; his famous dismissal of free verse was, "I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down."
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February 15, 2025
I see now why this man is so iconic. Many poems in here really blew me away. I must say, though, that I really don't love the overly long ones with dialogue. The existence of those poems keeps me from giving this five stars.
January 6, 2020
There were a few poems I enjoyed in this collection, but I think, on the whole, Robert Frost’s style of poetry is not my cup of tea.
October 21, 2025
Falling Into Frost
I've felt the first leaves of Autumn crunch underfoot this week. As is like to happen on a fine September morn like this one, I found myself tumbling into the comfort verse of Robert Frost. Why Robert Frost? Why not Robert Frost?! It is not my own decision to love his lines that linger in my heart from childhood's earliest recitals. No, I fell into Frost innocently, influenced by one teacher's 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' and another's following 'The Road Less Traveled.' It was no surprise when I began seeking out Frost's poetry on my own. I came into his lines like a birthright, as did every American child.
While it is true that American schools teach purely American history, as if it were the world; they also teach a love of American literature and poetry. Americans prove to be just as egocentric as the British in that sense. Sadly, it took the British to recognize the greatness of Robert Frost before he was published here in his own country.
Though I've read Frost from many books over the decades, I found this collection of his earliest four books at Barnes & Noble this week in a lovely hardback edition. The print is very easy to read and in a high-quality typeset and binding. I recommend this for anyone who likes poetry.
While I enjoy exploring literature and poetry from around the world, and learning new things... always love learning something new... I will probably find myself re-reading the lines of Frost frequently as the leaves continue to fall and the cold weather approaches. There's always room for comfort-books on a bookshelf.
I've felt the first leaves of Autumn crunch underfoot this week. As is like to happen on a fine September morn like this one, I found myself tumbling into the comfort verse of Robert Frost. Why Robert Frost? Why not Robert Frost?! It is not my own decision to love his lines that linger in my heart from childhood's earliest recitals. No, I fell into Frost innocently, influenced by one teacher's 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' and another's following 'The Road Less Traveled.' It was no surprise when I began seeking out Frost's poetry on my own. I came into his lines like a birthright, as did every American child.
While it is true that American schools teach purely American history, as if it were the world; they also teach a love of American literature and poetry. Americans prove to be just as egocentric as the British in that sense. Sadly, it took the British to recognize the greatness of Robert Frost before he was published here in his own country.
Though I've read Frost from many books over the decades, I found this collection of his earliest four books at Barnes & Noble this week in a lovely hardback edition. The print is very easy to read and in a high-quality typeset and binding. I recommend this for anyone who likes poetry.
While I enjoy exploring literature and poetry from around the world, and learning new things... always love learning something new... I will probably find myself re-reading the lines of Frost frequently as the leaves continue to fall and the cold weather approaches. There's always room for comfort-books on a bookshelf.
July 18, 2023
Dnf @p. 147. I love flowery language and books written in verse, but just realised that poems just aren't my thing.
December 31, 2023
4.3 stars
Very talented poet, his rhymes were so creative and entertaining to read. I love how he has alot of nature themes too. Wonderful
Very talented poet, his rhymes were so creative and entertaining to read. I love how he has alot of nature themes too. Wonderful
January 25, 2025
Coming back home to Frost
This volume brings one back home to those familiar words and scenes Frost created out of the land and sky and seasons of his life, but also brings forth some of his less familiar work. I highly recommend this collection as one to which to return again and again.
This volume brings one back home to those familiar words and scenes Frost created out of the land and sky and seasons of his life, but also brings forth some of his less familiar work. I highly recommend this collection as one to which to return again and again.
March 22, 2022
3 stars for the content, 4 stars for the actual collection (it’s a beauty of a book), so 3.5 stars overall.
This is my first time diving deep into the works of Robert Frost, and I have to say I admire the diversity of his poetry. The lyrical/pastoral poems were more to my liking overall, so it’s not very surprising that many of my favourites came from A Boy’s Will. However, some of the “monologue/dialogue” poems still resonated with me.
Other than the obvious nature themes, there’s also an overt darkness that shrouds much of Frost’s pieces. Death is a common theme, as is abandonment (sometimes of people, but mostly of places). The abandoned house, in particular, is featured throughout the collection.
Game of Thrones fans will know of Fire and Ice, but should really pay special attention to The Generations of Men.
My favourite poems, in no particular order:
My November Guest
To the Thawing Wind
The Tuft of Flowers
Reluctance
Mending Wall
Blueberries
In a Disused Graveyard
A Brook in the City
“We love the things we love for what they are.”
This is my first time diving deep into the works of Robert Frost, and I have to say I admire the diversity of his poetry. The lyrical/pastoral poems were more to my liking overall, so it’s not very surprising that many of my favourites came from A Boy’s Will. However, some of the “monologue/dialogue” poems still resonated with me.
Other than the obvious nature themes, there’s also an overt darkness that shrouds much of Frost’s pieces. Death is a common theme, as is abandonment (sometimes of people, but mostly of places). The abandoned house, in particular, is featured throughout the collection.
Game of Thrones fans will know of Fire and Ice, but should really pay special attention to The Generations of Men.
My favourite poems, in no particular order:
My November Guest
To the Thawing Wind
The Tuft of Flowers
Reluctance
Mending Wall
Blueberries
In a Disused Graveyard
A Brook in the City
“We love the things we love for what they are.”
May 26, 2022
This is a handsome volume with gold edging and a ribbon book marker. The print is not too small and the pages are thick. The content is equally appealing, with a wide-ranging selection of poetry by Frost, including his most well known poems. I'll confess I started skipping the really long poems because they were like short stories. In my current poetry habit I only want a short poem or two to start the day.
October 4, 2022
Curling up with a nice poetry book in the evenings these past few days was incredibly rewarding and relaxing.
I preferred the shorter poems over the longer ones. The longer poems felt more like somewhat rhyming short stories and overall didn’t managed to catch me the way most of the shorter poems did.
I preferred the shorter poems over the longer ones. The longer poems felt more like somewhat rhyming short stories and overall didn’t managed to catch me the way most of the shorter poems did.
April 8, 2020
Nothing gold can stay.
And miles to go before I sleep.
Such lovely words.
And miles to go before I sleep.
Such lovely words.
December 29, 2023
This book is stunning! Absolutely gorgeous leather cover, gold edged pages, and it has a beautiful blue ribbon bookmark. Robert Frost is a renowned poet, and there are lots of lovely poems in this collection. He has a talent for rhyme, and a way with words. My biggest and only complaint is that about half of this collection is very long “poems” that are more like short stories written in confusing verse.
Genre: Poetry, Classic
“Lovers, forget your love, and list to the love of these, she a window flower, and he a winter breeze.” 9
“Come forth into the storm and rout and be my love in the rain.” 31
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.” 121
Genre: Poetry, Classic
“Lovers, forget your love, and list to the love of these, she a window flower, and he a winter breeze.” 9
“Come forth into the storm and rout and be my love in the rain.” 31
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.” 121
October 31, 2025
I'm very conflicted about this review. I wish I could review it higher, but, I just can't.
On one hand, Frost has some absolutely stunning poetry. On the other hand there are a lot of works that perhaps worked during the time they were written, but that I personally struggle to connect with in this book. They are slice of life poems, that, while are fascinating windows into the past, are not particularly engaging poems for the present.
Is this worth a read? Absolutely, but you may need to slog through pages and pages of the later to get to the stuff worth your time.
On one hand, Frost has some absolutely stunning poetry. On the other hand there are a lot of works that perhaps worked during the time they were written, but that I personally struggle to connect with in this book. They are slice of life poems, that, while are fascinating windows into the past, are not particularly engaging poems for the present.
Is this worth a read? Absolutely, but you may need to slog through pages and pages of the later to get to the stuff worth your time.
January 3, 2024
I think most people think they know what they’re getting when they pick up a book of poems by Robert Frost. I certainly did, but I was mostly wrong. There were certainly some haunting nature poems, but mostly poems that sound like a dialogue or conversation overheard by fly on the wall who jumped into the middle with no context. No rhyme or rhythm. More like a play but with nothing designate the characters. I was surprised and intrigued.
July 24, 2025
So much of Frosts poetry is beautiful and spellbinding, but you have to weed through pages of rambling narratives with no coherency in order to find the diamonds in the rough, perhaps this shows my lack of understanding with some of his work, but personally, it was hard to read at times. This still doesn’t take away from the fact that this man has written some of my most favorite poems of all time. When he cooks, he cooks.
February 29, 2024
“These 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.”
rip robert frost, you would've been a hozier and lord huron fangirl with me.
will be coming back to this read in the summer for when I'm missing the feeling of fall and winter.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”
rip robert frost, you would've been a hozier and lord huron fangirl with me.
will be coming back to this read in the summer for when I'm missing the feeling of fall and winter.
January 30, 2024
“Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.”
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.”
February 8, 2024
A beautiful collection of Frost's first 4 books of poems, including probably all his most famous ones (Road less travelled, Stopping by woods on a snowy night, Fire and Ice, etc...)
Some are very poignant indeed... enjoyed reading these
Some are very poignant indeed... enjoyed reading these
November 7, 2024
I’ve fallen in love with Frost. He has a simple yet profound way of observing the everyday things in nature that highlights their beauty. There were some poems I didn’t enjoy as much (more his earlier works) but my favorites included Fragmentary Blue, Birches, The Tuft of Flowers.
September 13, 2025
I love Robert Frost. He and Sylvia Plath are my favorite poets. This book is filled with beautiful poetry. I loved reading this. My favorite poem of Frosts is Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, I also really like The Hill Wife.
January 5, 2024
These something deeply satisfying about his writing. The best of the best.
June 22, 2024
My favorite method of escapism: Poems about nature and the seemingly mundane <3
August 9, 2025
There were so many amazing lines and poems that I ran out of tabs. Made me immersed in nature and human emotion. The Death of the Hired Man & Home Burial were some of my favorites.
November 5, 2025
A Dust of Snow is a masterful example of using few words to say so much.
June 30, 2021
Recently, I purchased a number of books by this publisher in an effort to be more rounded in my knowledge of the classics. I am also building a personal library of classic, well known, literature. I have been very happy with this publisher. This particular book is by far my favorite one of the "Cantaburry Classics" I own, as far as it's physicality. The Cover is beautifully designed and the text is lager and far more readable than the other publications by this company.
Each of those works has included a scholarly introduction by someone with several letters after their name. Some of them have seemed biased and devoid of any spiritual connections. Here we once again have Ken Mondschen. Though his treatment of Frost is only slightly better that the introduction he gave Jacob and Wilhelm Grim. He gives Frost a great historical overview but treats the body of work in a very stoic and pragmatic way. Mondschen again fails to give us insight as to the authors drive and personality.
Frost's work here is arranged as he would have originally published them, grouped by the original title of his first four publications, "A Boy's Will", "North of Boston", "Mountain Interval", and "New Hampshire". Mondschen explains the different collections in his included introduction. Though this collection is NOT exhaustive of Frost's work, it is most certainly a great example of his most famous poems.
As of this writing I have read "The Road Not Taken", "Stars, "The Mending Wall", "Out, Out-" Fire and Ice, "Stopping by Woods on Snowy Evening" and several others. So far my favorite has been "Snowy Evening" though, "The Road Not Taken" is a contender as well. "Fire and Ice" though short and perhaps less well known is also a great composition.
Robert Frost has often been a poet of whom I have heard and wanted to become more acquainted. I have included this publication in my acquisition of "classics" because I wanted to become more familiar with his body of work.
In my opinion, Canterbury Classics is a great way to build a library of quality classic literature. I will continue to buy these kinds of books from them as I continue to build my own personal library.
Each of those works has included a scholarly introduction by someone with several letters after their name. Some of them have seemed biased and devoid of any spiritual connections. Here we once again have Ken Mondschen. Though his treatment of Frost is only slightly better that the introduction he gave Jacob and Wilhelm Grim. He gives Frost a great historical overview but treats the body of work in a very stoic and pragmatic way. Mondschen again fails to give us insight as to the authors drive and personality.
Frost's work here is arranged as he would have originally published them, grouped by the original title of his first four publications, "A Boy's Will", "North of Boston", "Mountain Interval", and "New Hampshire". Mondschen explains the different collections in his included introduction. Though this collection is NOT exhaustive of Frost's work, it is most certainly a great example of his most famous poems.
As of this writing I have read "The Road Not Taken", "Stars, "The Mending Wall", "Out, Out-" Fire and Ice, "Stopping by Woods on Snowy Evening" and several others. So far my favorite has been "Snowy Evening" though, "The Road Not Taken" is a contender as well. "Fire and Ice" though short and perhaps less well known is also a great composition.
Robert Frost has often been a poet of whom I have heard and wanted to become more acquainted. I have included this publication in my acquisition of "classics" because I wanted to become more familiar with his body of work.
In my opinion, Canterbury Classics is a great way to build a library of quality classic literature. I will continue to buy these kinds of books from them as I continue to build my own personal library.
August 1, 2022
I imagine that as with many others, I learned about Robert Frost in school reading poems like 'The Road Not Taken' or 'Mending Wall' and I wanted to read a bit more of Frost to see if I liked any of his other poems. So I purchased this book which includes the first four collections of poetry that Frost published. I wish I could say that I really enjoyed all the poems here, but it wound up being a mixed experience for me.
It's not that I didn't enjoy any of the poems, it's just that I would say the ones I really enjoyed were few and far between. There were also a number that I enjoyed somewhat, particularly his ones on nature. There were also poems that were almost more like short stories and I didn't like a lot of these very much. Some of them were okay, but a lot of the time they just kind of drug on for me.
I think in part that Frost just kind of has more of an observers eye than one that really invokes emotion or reflection. He talks about nature or people, but more matter of factually or slightly imaginative than emotive.
Overall, while I did enjoy broadening my horizons by tackling poetry, I didn't find Frost to be my favorite by any means. He wasn't horrible either, but somewhere in between.
It's not that I didn't enjoy any of the poems, it's just that I would say the ones I really enjoyed were few and far between. There were also a number that I enjoyed somewhat, particularly his ones on nature. There were also poems that were almost more like short stories and I didn't like a lot of these very much. Some of them were okay, but a lot of the time they just kind of drug on for me.
I think in part that Frost just kind of has more of an observers eye than one that really invokes emotion or reflection. He talks about nature or people, but more matter of factually or slightly imaginative than emotive.
Overall, while I did enjoy broadening my horizons by tackling poetry, I didn't find Frost to be my favorite by any means. He wasn't horrible either, but somewhere in between.
September 11, 2021
The New Lifetime Reading Plan suggested four of Frost's best-known poems, to get a taste of his poetry. They are "Mending Fence", "After Apple Picking", "The Road Not Taken", and "Stopping by Wood on a Snowy Evening". Having tasted Frost, I want more, and I'll finish the entire collection on a dark and snowy night. Recommended!
May 19, 2021
Trying to expand my horizons a bit with some poetry...a lot of this poets work centers around old-school, outdoor themes which appeals to me and I remember my mom having his books. A good starting place for me.
June 4, 2021
While Frost's work clearly displays his talent and excellent imagery, i am not a huge fan of the lengthy story like poems. A personal preference, which does not diminish the simple fact that Frost has accomplished beautiful work.
March 30, 2020
I liked the poems and it was nice to read. The thing is, his poems that were PAGES long felt like they dragged so much and it bores me a lot. Other than that, this was pretty good.
October 25, 2021
I loved this collection. Robert Frost is one of my favorite classic poets and the volume and book itself was gorgeous.
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