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according to Robert Frost, poetry is a rhythmical composition of words expressing attitude, designed to surprise and delight and to arouse an emotional response
Kennedy, 1978:5. In this thesis, I would like to analyze some of Robert Frost’s poems about
despair in human’s life. Despair is to be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation. Despair has a close relation with human life; everyone in this world
should have passed this step before he gets the true happiness. While Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, California in March 26, 1874 and he was an American poet. He
is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. Many of his poems deal with the human life and
commonly use the simple words in natural fact as the characteristic for a poet from the first 20
th
century. Therefore I have made them as the reasons to analyze Robert Frost’s poems.
1.2 The Problems of The Analysis
I analyses some of Robert Frost’s poems. The focus of the analysis is Robert Frost’s view on human despair.
• How the despair happen on a human?
• How to manage the despair well?
• How is Robert Frost’s way in expressing the despair on some of his poems?
1.3 The Objectives of the Analysis
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To know how the despair can happen.
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To know how to manage the despair.
• To know how Robert Frost’s way in expressing the despair on some of his
poem.
1.4 The Scope of The Analysis
In this thesis I would like to focus the analysis about the despair expressed in some of Robert Frost’s poems, namely: The Road Not Taken, Stopping by Woods in
the Evening, The Oven Bird, Fire and Ice, and Acquainted with the Night
1.5 The Significance of The Analysis
• To give the more knowledge about poetry.
• To know the characteristics of poetry.
• To show that reading and understand a poem is not difficult as people thought.
• To know how Robert Frost expressed his idea about despair on some of his
poems. •
To be a reference for others who wants to write about poetry.
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1.6 The Review of Related Literature
• Theory of Literature 1956 by Rene Wellek and Austin Warren.
Wellek and Warren compile this book with materials of basic knowledge and principles of literary study. It is more for the purpose of providing basic
explanation and ground principles of literary works. •
A Handbook of Study of Literature 1977 by Sinha. This book contains the detail of different literary types and some important
topics on the history of English literature added by the writer to increase the usefulness of the book. It is written for those who are interested in literature
and the study of literary works. •
Robert Frost: Collected Poems, Prose, and Plays 1955 by Poirier and Richard.
This book contains the whole of Robert Frost’s works, starting from poems, prose, and plays. Actually this is an interesting book for the reader in order to
know Frost’s works furthermore. •
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama 1991 by Kennedy. This book is about literature. It guides us to understand more about literature
especially in fiction, poetry, and drama. Thus it is good enough to read in other to enrich our knowledge about literature.
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CHAPTER II THE RESEARCH METHOD
