The Tuft of Flowers
In “The Tuft of Flowers,” a mower’s act transforms solitude into fellowship, joining labor and grace through nature.
Love and a Question
A stranger’s arrival tests a bridegroom’s compassion and fidelity in Frost’s haunting moral parable “Love and a Question.”
A Late Walk
A late-autumn walk ends with a single faded aster “to carry again to you,” turning loss into gift.
Mowing
Frost’s “Mowing” praises labor’s truth over fantasy: the scythe’s whisper makes craft and attention the poem’s ethics.
My November Guest
In “My November Guest,” a personified Sorrow teaches the speaker to love the austere beauty of late autumn.
Ghost House
A ruined homestead becomes companionable in “Ghost House,” where nature and memory reclaim a life quietly.
Into My Own
A youthful vow of independence, “Into My Own” imagines walking into deep woods to become more fully oneself.
The Death of the Hired Man
In “The Death of the Hired Man,” Frost turns domestic talk into moral drama — a quiet debate on mercy, home, and human worth.
Birches
Between fact and wish, “Birches” turns play into a poetics of escape and return — a prayer for balance rather than transcendence.
After Apple-Picking
Between labor and dream, “After Apple-Picking” drifts toward sleep, fusing sensuous detail with questions of desire and mortality.
The Oven Bird
In “The Oven Bird,” Frost crafts a modern ars poetica: how to “make of a diminished thing” when beauty has already fallen.
Design
Frost’s sonnet “Design” frames beauty and predation to ask whether darkness, not benevolence, orders nature’s smallest scenes.