Frost's Way of Speaking

Frost, Carol

Article exploring tone in Robert Frost's poetry, as well as the poet's emphasis on the ranges of northern New England colloquial language. Thoughts on Frost's use of colloquialisms in the early 20th century. Influences on Frost. Frost's quoted attitudes toward tone. Select close readings of tonal expressions - expecially of Frost's "self-regard" - in "The Onset," "The Mountain," "The Ax-Helve," "The Road Not Taken," and other poems. Remarks on French-Canadian character and English vernacular as featured in "The Ax-Helve."

2002-win

en

Journal article

19th century-20th century

New England

2161-9131

New England Review

23

1

119-133