The New York Times Book Review gave this quote "new poem after new poem makes clear how deeply each Frost poem bears on all Frost poems, and how surely all are a constant symbol of his life's commitment to making metaphors that clarify the dark paradoxes they contain. ... Other poems followed about the Civil War. An example of one would be a poem called Beat! ... It is clear that this is a poem about the Civil War. ... This poem is about the wartime letters to his mother. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

From this, later in his life he will write the poem "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking". This poem tells about his boyhood on the Long Island shore and how was his desire to be a poet. ... Later he would write the poem "There was a Child Went Forth" where he express his philosophy of teaching. ... There Whitman published a version of his New Orleans poem called "Once I Pass'd Through a Populous city". This poem recounts a romance with a woman. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."1 Therefore, it makes sense that if mortals cannot bear the darkness, they [should not] not go there. If man dislikes "black night and yawning chasms,"2 then should he not even consider them? Shouldn't man seek out the sunshine, instead? The remedy is very simple: Avoid the darkness and seek the light. But, no. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School