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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
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Everytime I read one of his poems I fall in love with poetry all over again. I read through this one last night and It is already totally full of highlighter, and i have no doubts that within the week I will read it again. His poetry is the kind that I am able to read over and over and never tire of.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
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Diverse cast of characters:
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Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
3.5 Stars ⭐⭐⭐
A decent anthology. It doesn't contain all my favorite's by any means. "Fire and Ice" and "Nothing Gold Can Stay" are missing which is saddening, however there are still lots of lovely poems contained within and the deluxe edition is lovely.
A decent anthology. It doesn't contain all my favorite's by any means. "Fire and Ice" and "Nothing Gold Can Stay" are missing which is saddening, however there are still lots of lovely poems contained within and the deluxe edition is lovely.
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
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This is damn good poetry. With most poets, I'll love some of their poems but find the rest deeply uninspiring. Not so with Frost; I enjoyed this book cover to cover. Some of his poems are short and lyrical; others are longer narrative poems telling stories of rural New England life in the early 20th century. Some rhyme; others are blank verse. There's nice variety in there, and I never felt like putting down the book because I'd hit a boring batch of poems - it was just plain good.
*Read for the Beehive Award Long List - Poetry Category*
Obviously, this review is more for the artwork and presentation than the text itself, but I would be lying if I didn't say that this poem is one of my favorites. It has many interpretations and everyone takes something different away from it. As far as a nominee for a children's book award goes, I think this one certainly deserves a chance to be considered.
I love Mineker's illustrations and interpretation of this poem. I think younger children will enjoy the pictures of a young boy making decisions throughout his life. Older readers will gain something from reading the poem and understanding what it's about and even making their own conclusions about what this poem can mean to them. Full marks!
Obviously, this review is more for the artwork and presentation than the text itself, but I would be lying if I didn't say that this poem is one of my favorites. It has many interpretations and everyone takes something different away from it. As far as a nominee for a children's book award goes, I think this one certainly deserves a chance to be considered.
I love Mineker's illustrations and interpretation of this poem. I think younger children will enjoy the pictures of a young boy making decisions throughout his life. Older readers will gain something from reading the poem and understanding what it's about and even making their own conclusions about what this poem can mean to them. Full marks!
I found it hard to connect with the poems in this collection. Frost takes main in the little things, but all those things feel disjointed. This sense of scattering can be felt much more prominently in the longer poems. They always have a narrative going on, almost like that of a short story of thr slive of life variety, but they never really impress thst much from a storytelling standpoint and the verses are stilted because Frost keeps trying to tell a story with the loose meter he chooses to tell it with.
Frost's shorter poems suffer from another thing entirely. They are more aesthetic forays than storytelling, but I find it hard to understand what exactly he is telling or wanting me to feel. Frost is always vague. He never really points anything out explicitly, and a sense of disorientation prevades over them. It's almost as if Frost is himself exploring the poem as he went along and never really went back and edited them.
Frost's shorter poems suffer from another thing entirely. They are more aesthetic forays than storytelling, but I find it hard to understand what exactly he is telling or wanting me to feel. Frost is always vague. He never really points anything out explicitly, and a sense of disorientation prevades over them. It's almost as if Frost is himself exploring the poem as he went along and never really went back and edited them.
This book is not the best collection of Frost's work, but still a good read. I prefer Frost's poems regarding nature over his others and thus enjoyed "The Road Not Taken" most of all. "Fire and Ice, "The Lockless Door," and "The Witches of Coos" were interesting and enjoyable poems as well, even though they did not have the same nature element as in "The Road Not Taken."
Frost's "A Brook in the City," which illustrated the type of pollution and Molestation of a beautiful countryside that happens when the countryside becomes more urban, brought to mind the French song "Comme Un Arbre Dans La Ville by Maxime Le Forestier, which make a comparison between the life of the narrator (a city dweller) and a tree in the city.
Overall, this book is decent but there are much better collections of he poetry out there, and I would recommend those instead.
Frost's "A Brook in the City," which illustrated the type of pollution and Molestation of a beautiful countryside that happens when the countryside becomes more urban, brought to mind the French song "Comme Un Arbre Dans La Ville by Maxime Le Forestier, which make a comparison between the life of the narrator (a city dweller) and a tree in the city.
Overall, this book is decent but there are much better collections of he poetry out there, and I would recommend those instead.
