Selected Poems

Selected Poems (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, Selected Poems is a wonderful sampling of poems from Frost-s early collections, including A Boy-s Will and North of Boston. 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.

-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 -Magni