{"product_id":"early-poems-isbn-9780141180175","title":"Early Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eBeloved American poet Robert Frost's first three books, in one collection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume presents Frost’s first three books, masterful and innovative collections that contain some of his best-known poems,including \"Mowing,\" \"Mending Wall,\" \"After Apple-Picking,\" \"Home Burial,\" \"The Oven Bird,\" \"Birches,\" and \"The Road Not Taken.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Early PoemsIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading\u003cbr\u003eA Note on the Texts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BOY'S WILL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInto My Own \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe youth is persuaded that he will be rather more than less himself for having forsworn the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGhost House \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is happy in society of his choosing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMy November Guest \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is in love with being misunderstood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLove and a Question \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is in doubt whether to admit real trouble to a place beside the hearth with love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Late Walk \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe courts the autumnal mood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStars \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is no oversight of human affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStorm Fear \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is afraid of his own isolation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWind and Window Flower \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOut of the winter things he fashions a story of modern love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo the Thawing Wind \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe calls on change through the violence of the elements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Prayer in Spring \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe discovers that the greatness of love lies not in forward-looking thoughts;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlower-Gathering \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003enor yet in any spur it may be to ambition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRose Pogonias \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is no dissenter from the ritualism of nature;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAsking for Roses \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003enor from the ritualism of youth which is make-believe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWaiting - Afield at Dusk \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe arrives at the turn of the year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a Vale \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOut of old longings he fashions a story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Dream Pang \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is shown by a dream how really well it is with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Neglect \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is scornful of folk his scorn cannot reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Vantage Point \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd again scornful, but there is no one hurt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMowing \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe takes up life simply with the small tasks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGoing for Water \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevelation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe resolves to become intelligible, at least to himself, since there is no help else;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Trial by Existence \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eand to know definitely what he thinks about the soul;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Equal Sacrifice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eabout love;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Tuft of Flowers \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eabout fellowship;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpoils of the Dead \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eabout death; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePan with Us \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eabout art (his own);\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Demiurge's Laugh \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eabout science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow Close the Windows \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is time to make an end of speaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Line-Storm Song \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the autumnal mood with a difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOctober \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe sees days slipping from him that were the best for what they were.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMy Butterfly \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are things that can never be the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReluctance \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNORTH OF BOSTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pasture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMending Wall\u003cbr\u003eThe Death of the Hired Man\u003cbr\u003eThe Mountain\u003cbr\u003eA Hundred Collars\u003cbr\u003eHome Burial\u003cbr\u003eThe Black Cottage\u003cbr\u003eBlueberries\u003cbr\u003eA Servant to Servants\u003cbr\u003eAfter Apple-Picking\u003cbr\u003eThe Code\u003cbr\u003eThe Generations of Men\u003cbr\u003eThe Housekeeper\u003cbr\u003eThe Fear\u003cbr\u003eThe Self-Seeker\u003cbr\u003eThe Wood-Pile\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Hours\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMOUNTAIN INTERVAL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Road Not Taken\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristmas Trees\u003cbr\u003eAn Old Man's Winter Night\u003cbr\u003eA Patch of Old Snow\u003cbr\u003eIn the Home Stretch\u003cbr\u003eThe Telephone\u003cbr\u003eMeeting and Passing\u003cbr\u003eHyla Brook\u003cbr\u003eThe Oven Bird\u003cbr\u003eBond and Free\u003cbr\u003eBirches\u003cbr\u003ePea Brush\u003cbr\u003ePutting in the Seed\u003cbr\u003eA Time to Talk\u003cbr\u003eThe Cow in Apple Time\u003cbr\u003eAn Encounter\u003cbr\u003eRange-Finding\u003cbr\u003eThe Hill Wife:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI. Loneliness - Her Word\u003cbr\u003eII. House Fear\u003cbr\u003eIII. The Smile - Her Word\u003cbr\u003eIV. The Oft-Repeated Dream\u003cbr\u003eV. The Impulse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Bonfire\u003cbr\u003eA Girl's Garden\u003cbr\u003eThe Exposed Nest\u003cbr\u003e\"Out, Out - \"\u003cbr\u003eBrown's Descent or the Willy-Nilly Slide\u003cbr\u003eThe Gum-Gatherer\u003cbr\u003eThe Line-Gang\u003cbr\u003eThe Vanishing Red\u003cbr\u003eSnow\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sound of the Trees\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOEMS TO 1922 (Later published in \u003ci\u003eNew Hampshire\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Star in a Stone-Boat\u003cbr\u003eThe Census-Taker\u003cbr\u003eMaple\u003cbr\u003eThe Ax-Helve\u003cbr\u003eThe Grindstone\u003cbr\u003ePaul's Wife\u003cbr\u003eWild Grapes\u003cbr\u003ePlace for a Third\u003cbr\u003eTwo Witches:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Witch of Coöos\u003cbr\u003eThe Pauper Witch of Grafton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFire and Ice\u003cbr\u003eDust of Snow\u003cbr\u003eTo E. T.\u003cbr\u003eThe Aim Was Song\u003cbr\u003eFor Once, Then, Something\u003cbr\u003eBlue-Butterfly Day\u003cbr\u003eThe Onset\u003cbr\u003eGood-by and Keep Cold\u003cbr\u003eNot to Keep\u003cbr\u003eA Brook in the City\u003cbr\u003eEvening in a Sugar Orchard\u003cbr\u003eThe Valley's Singing Day\u003cbr\u003eMisgiving\u003cbr\u003eA Hillside Thaw\u003cbr\u003ePlowmen\u003cbr\u003eOn a Tree Fallen Across the Road\u003cbr\u003eThe Lockless Door\u003cbr\u003eThe Need of Being Versed in Country Things\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplanatory Notes\u003cbr\u003eIndex of Titles and First Lines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Lee Frost\u003c\/b\u003e (1984-1963) was born in San Francisco. When he was ten, his father died and he and his mother moved to New England. He attended school at Dartmouth and Harvard, worked in a mill, taught, and took up farming, before he moved to England, where his first books of poetry, \u003cb\u003eA Boy’s Will\u003c\/b\u003e (1913) and \u003cb\u003eNorth of Boston\u003c\/b\u003e (1914), were published. \u003cb\u003eNorth of Boston\u003c\/b\u003e brought him recognition as the preeminent voice of New England and as one of America’s major poets. In 1915 he returned to the United States and settled on a farm in New Hampshire. Four volumes of his poetry, \u003cb\u003eNew Hampshire\u003c\/b\u003e (1923), \u003cb\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/b\u003e (1930), \u003cb\u003eA Further Range\u003c\/b\u003e (1936), and \u003cb\u003eA Witness Tree\u003c\/b\u003e (1942) were all awarded the Pulitzer Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Faggen \u003c\/b\u003eteaches at Claremont McKenna College.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301316579557,"sku":"NP9780141180175","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780141180175.jpg?v=1767725796","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/early-poems-isbn-9780141180175","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}