Book review

For this assignment I read The poetry of Robert Frost: the collected poems, complete and unabridged. This book was split up into different sections based on a state in which Frost was writing about. So each of these different state sections was its own collection of poems. In this book Frost writes in a very modern and traditional language. He also uses references to many items and ideas that many people are very familiar with. Most of the poems throughout this book were short and very relate-able, especially if you have grown up in the northeast and have traveled to Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut. In this book I personally think that his use of vivid imagery and language helps to enhance his poems and make reading them that more enjoyable because you can mentally picture exactly what he is saying. There are "people" characters per-say in this book. Its more like the characters are made up from nature and the environment of the State Frost is talking about. Each poem seems to have its own pattern and style about it. If I had to generalized the vast majority of these poems I would say they are free flowing, very easy to read and visuals, end rhymes are present in various patterns, and each poem has their own placement on the page for different reasons depending on the poem. In this book Frost emphasizes and shows off many different poems and the various ways he had written over the years. I would recommend this book to anyone who is just exploring the world of poetry. There are many forms of poetry explored in this book as well as very relate-able text. The vivid imagery and language also make for an easy and understandable read. I have had this book for many years now and each time I read something I learn something new and exciting or catch a visual that I hadn't before. I have reread poems after starting this poetry class and in learning the techniques of poetry I have come to read and analyze them differently and in doing so I have gained a deeper understanding for the ideas behind each one. This has given me a greater appreciation of each of the poems I read and makes it so I enjoy this book even more.