North of Boston
work by Frost
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discussed in biography
- In Robert Frost: North of Boston and fame
…1914 by a second collection, North of Boston, that introduced some of the most popular poems in all of Frost’s work, among them “Mending Wall,” “The Death of the Hired Man,” “Home Burial,” and “After Apple-Picking.” In London, Frost’s name was frequently mentioned by those who followed the course of…
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“Mending Wall”
- In Mending Wall
…Frost, published in the collection North of Boston (1914). It is written in blank verse and depicts a pair of neighbouring farmers working together on the annual chore of rebuilding their common wall. The wall serves as the symbolic fulcrum of their friendly antagonism; it balances their contrasting philosophies about…
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