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Poetry Of Robert Frost: Five Poems From North Of Boston

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Frost, Robert

Frost, Robert
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Five Poems From North Of Boston

Introduction:

North of Boston, Frost's second book, was published in London in 1914
with sixteen poems. Though he had been living and writing in England for
several years, this book like the one before it is native Yankee stock. It
contrasts with A Boy's Will, however, in being a "book of people" rather than
of lyrics. Dramatic narrative and dialogue dominate the work. Tragedy and
comedy, failures and triumphs, are depicted against a background of New
England local color. Where the first book was introspective, this one
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