Robert Frost Spring Poems
Audio Poetry: Celebrating the Timeless Allure of Spring
Listen! In the rain, the wind... Can you hear the first signal's of spring's approach? Robert Frost could. Frost's most famous spring poems may be the better part of a century old, but there's something in them that's timeless. Spring is still a favorite season for so many people. We have gotten very adept at making our indoor environments comfortable year round, but when it comes to outdoor environments, we're still subject to nature's whims. We love spring because it's the season where it ...

Robert Frost Winter Poems
Winter Imagery
"Whose woods these are I think I know..." I found myself reciting those words (again) on a light, bright winter night when sun bounced off snowflakes and darkness didn't come. Recently, my city found itself en-swirled in a snowstorm it was ill equipped to handle. Despite chains, the bus was beached (so to speak) north of my home, and I walked for about a mile and a half, cutting through woods and getting home just about the time my hands stiffened and grew clumsy. We experience it less often...

Robert Frost--America's Poet
Robert Frost--My Favorite Poet
At the age of eleven, I fell in love with a much older man. Our sixth grade English class was studying poems, and I'd just read "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening" for the very first time. Right then, I fell head over heels in love with Robert Frost. All these years later, that love is still as bright as it was to a little girl who'd just discovered the beauty of poetry. There are many who share my love for Robert Frost--he's probably America's most beloved poet. With ample reason: he wro...

Robert Frost Autumn Poems
Robert Frost: Evocative Poetry for Autumn
As I read Robert Frost's "In Hardwood Groves" I find myself thinking ahead a bit to the autumn season. In Seattle, where I live, there can be a sadness that comes with the transition to fall: The sky clouds over, the rains begin, and people don't really want to be outside for longer than the time it takes them to reach their destination. Near as we are to the Arctic circle, the days grow short. There is a greater awareness of the change of seasons here than there is in some other cities. How...

Teach Robert Frost's Poetry With Multimedia
Robert Frost's Poetry Has Timeless Appeal
I was seven when I memorized my first poem. It was a school assignment, but also a source of pride. I recited the piece for my family, not once but over and over until Robert Frost's words lodged somewhere in my mind, remembered to this day: "...The woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep." Several years after learning "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening", I found myself drawn to another Robert Frost poem:...

Robert Frost's 'Mending Wall': Multimedia Lesson Plans
A Poem With Many Levels of Meaning
Robert Frost's "Mending Wall" can be read as an early 20th century nature poem, the tale of two neighbors who meet in early spring to repair the damage that the winter freeze has inflicted upon their shared wall. The poem can also be read as an allegory for those metaphorical walls we all build around us. "Mending Wall" can be an effective poem for teaching kids about a poem's dual meanings: the literal and the symbolic. The poem is accessible yet may be related to many events in history, cu...

Robert Frost - Two Roads Diverged in a Wood
Famous poems, famous quotes
Robert Frost was a poet laureate of the United States and one of the more famous poets of the 20th century, winning multiple Pulitzer Prizes. Though born in San Francisco, the author lived most of his life in New England and is famous for his written depictions of nature. Many of Frost's poems are memorized by English and Literature students; quotations from his work can be found in a number of places in our culture, but one of his more famous quotes is from "The Road Not Taken", published i...

Robert Frost Summer Poems
Summer Poetry: Audio and Analysis
Robert Frost was a master at capturing the nuances of different seasons, and summer is no exception. In these poems, we find summer captured in a variety of ways. It is portrayed as a time of flowers, a time of work... and as a "diminished thing" (the time after spring has lost it's luster). Some of the images are quite different than those a schoolchild (or teen) would use to characterize the season. Exploring contrasting images, though, could be a good exercise in summertime learning. Some...