Selected Poems - Browning, Robert

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Résumé :
Selected Poems (1923) is a collection of poems by American poet Robert Frost. Dedicated to Edward Thomas, a friend of Frost's and an important English poet who died toward the end of the First World War, Selected Poems is a wonderful sampling of poems from Frost's early collections, including A Boy's Will and North of Boston. Known for his plainspoken language and dedication to the images and rhythms of rural New England, Robert Frost is one of America's most iconic poets, a voice to whom generations of readers have turned in search of beauty, music, and life. Mowing envisions the poet's work through the prism of rural labor. There was never a sound beside the wood but one / And that was my long scythe whispering to the ground. / What was it it whispered? The speaker does not know, but continues his task, hypnotized by its rhythm and simple music. In After Apple-Picking, as fall gives over to winter, the poet remembers in dreams how the Magnified apples appear and disappear, / Stem end and blossom end as he climbs the ladder into the heart of the tree. Both a symbol for life and a metaphor for the poetic act, apple picking leaves the poet overtired / Of the great harvest [he himself] desired, awaiting sleep as he describes its coming on, wondering what, if anything, it will bring. The Road Not Taken, perhaps Frost's most famous poem, is a meditation on fate and free will that follows a traveler in an autumn landscape, unsure of which path to take, but certain he cannot stand still. This edition of Robert Frost's Selected Poems is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe....

Biographie:
Robert Browning was born on May 7, 1812, in Camberwell, London), the first-born of Robert and Sarah Browning. His mother was a Non-Conformist and an accomplished pianist. Mr. Browning senior had forgone a fortune after objecting to the slavery on the family's plantation in the West Indies. He became instead a clerk in the Bank of England. Despite his modest salary he was able to marry, raise a family, and to acquire a library of some 6,000 books.Most of the poet's education came at home. He was an extremely bright child and an omnivorous reader and learned Latin, Greek, French and Italian before his mid-teens. He attended the University of London in 1828, the year it first opened (now University College London), but left after a year to continue his further education at his own pace.In the 1830s he met the actor William Macready and wrote several verse dramas, without much in the way of success. At the same time he was developing his verse syle with an emphasis on dramatic situations and character analysis. His first publication, 'Pauline', printed anonymously and with a subvention from his father, failed to find a single buyer. His next, 'Paracelsus', failed also to find many readers amongst the wider public, but did create a name for him amongst the literati. His third volume, 'Sordello' (1840) came close to ruining his reputation for good, as almost no-one understood what he was trying to do. Subsequent to this failure he further developed the dramatic monologue as his favoured form, with the narrator invariably not being the author himself, and presenting a slippery notion of reality and truth.In the mid-1840s, after having read and admired the work of Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861), he arranged to meet her. She was a semi-invalid and lived under the thumb of a domineering father, who forbade any of his children to marry. Despite this, the two fell in love, and eloped, living in Italy-mostly in Florence-until Elizabeth's death. While they were together, Elisabeth was much the better-known poet, but Robert began to develop his own public from the mid-1850s onwards and became lionised after his return to London, following the death of his wife. His ascent into the living pantheon was achieved with the monumental verse-novel 'The Ring and the Book' (1868-9), and his reputation continued to remain high until his death, despite some of his later books not finding favour-Browning continued to push the boundaries of taste, and could upset the genteel Victorian reading public with works such as 'Red Cotton Night-Cap Country' (a dismal title for what is in fact another interesting verse novel). His last book, 'Asolando', appeared on the day he died and went through fourteen editions-a contrast to 'Sordello', which only sold some 150 copies in its first 15 years....

Sommaire:
Selected Poems (1923) is a collection of poems by American poet Robert Frost. Dedicated to Edward Thomas, a friend of Frost's and an important English poet who died toward the end of the First World War, Selected Poems is a wonderful sampling of poems from Frost's early collections, including A Boy's Will and North of Boston. Known for his plainspoken language and dedication to the images and rhythms of rural New England, Robert Frost is one of America's most iconic poets, a voice to whom generations of readers have turned in search of beauty, music, and life. Mowing envisions the poet's work through the prism of rural labor. There was never a sound beside the wood but one / And that was my long scythe whispering to the ground. / What was it it whispered? The speaker does not know, but continues his task, hypnotized by its rhythm and simple music. In After Apple-Picking, as fall gives over to winter, the poet remembers in dreams how the Magnified apples appear and disappear, / Stem end and blossom end as he climbs the ladder into the heart of the tree. Both a symbol for life and a metaphor for the poetic act, apple picking leaves the poet overtired / Of the great harvest [he himself] desired, awaiting sleep as he describes its coming on, wondering what, if anything, it will bring. The Road Not Taken, perhaps Frost's most famous poem, is a meditation on fate and free will that follows a traveler in an autumn landscape, unsure of which path to take, but certain he cannot stand still. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Robert Frost's Selected Poems is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers....