A struggle between man’s naturalism and socialism 英美文学.docVIP

A struggle between man’s naturalism and socialism 1、general introduction of Robert Frost ① the content and characteristics of his poems (1)rejected the revolutionary poetic principles of his contemporaries, choosing instead “the old-fashioned way to be new.” He employed the plain speech of rural New Englanders and preferred the short, traditional forms of lyric and narrative. (2)He saw nature as a storehouse of analogy and symbol. (3)His concern with nature reflected deep moral uncertainties, and his poetry, for all its apparent simplicity, often probes mysteries of darkness and ir