A Boy's Will / North of Boston

by Robert Frost

Overview

Two volumes of early poetry: A Boy's Will was Frost's first collection of poems (1913). North of Boston followed in 1914. Together they contain many of the poet's finest and best-known works, among them 'Mending Wall,' 'After Apple-Picking,' 'The Death of the Hired Man,' and more. Reprinted complete and unabridged. Publisher's Note. Alphabetical lists of titles and first lines.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781420927306
Publisher:	Neeland Media
Publication date:	01/01/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.23(d)

About the Author

Robert Lee Frost (1874 - 1963) was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. A popular and often-quoted poet, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry.

Table of Contents

A Boy's Will
PART I
  Into My Own
  Ghost House
  My November Guest
  Love and a Question
  A Late Walk
  Stars
  Storm Fear
  Wind and Window Flower
  To the Thawing Wind
  A Prayer in Spring
  Flower-Gathering
  Rose Pogonias
  Asking for Roses
  Waiting-AFIELD AT DUSK
  In a Vale
  A Dream Pang
  In Neglect
  The Vantage Point
  Mowing
  Going for Water
PART II
  Revelation
  The Trial by Existence
  In Equal Sacrifice
  The Tuft of Flowers
  Spoils of the Dead
  Pan with Us
  The Demiurge's Laugh
PART III
  Now Close the Windows
  A Line-Storm Song
  October
  My Butterfly
  Reluctance
North of Boston
  The Pasture
  Mending Wall
  The Death of the Hired Man
  The Mountain
  A Hundred Collars
  Home Burial
  The Black Cottage
  Blueberries
  A Servant to Servants
  After Apple-Picking
  The Code
  The Generations of Men
  The Housekeeper
  The Fear
  The Self-Seeker
  The Wood-Pile
  Good Hours