Nature has inspired countless poets from primitive times to the present. They have used it as a metaphor for virtually all human emotions-his stormy brow, her sky blue eyes, as wild as a summer storm. Very few, however, have so masterfully crafted their verse to fully express the range of nature’s power and influence, or suited the tone of a poem to encompass both human nature and “true” nature. This is true in the poetic works of Robert Frost. The aspects of nature that are continually demonstrated in the poems of Frost symbolize both the physical world and its changes, and the nature of humans.
“It can easily be argued that Frost believed that little difference existed between humanity’s inner nature and the nature of the world which surrounded him.” (http://www.ketzle.com/frost/) Time and again Frost personifies nature in human terms and points out the many ways in which what happens in an individual’s life is a reflection of what is occurs in the natural world. In fact, it can be said that this poet viewed nature as being separate from humanity only by the virtue by which humanity removes itself from the outside world. In other words, nature never leaves, hu
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