Nature, Labor and Man in Robert Frost’s Nature Poems

The present study dealt with the interactions of nature, man and labor in four poems ofRobert Frost, “ Mending Wall”, “ After Apple Picking”, “ Out Out” and “The Aim wasSong”. The results based on previous studies and close considerations of the four poemsindicated that nature’s reactions to man are mainly in harmony with man’s attitudes to hislabor. When man is detached from his work in the rural setting, nature is either indifferentor acts antagonistically. While, when man is integrated with his labor, nature becomessympathetic and subservient to man. Man’s attachment to his work results in improvementof nature and his detachment from his labor can cause spiritual death, exhaustion and evenliteral death as happens in “ Out Out”. Nature in the four poems does not act only as asetting rather it acts in accordance with man. The four poems in the study are at timescompared and contrasted. Sporadically, other nature poems of Frost are also cited in thestudy in relevance with the four poems.

Nature, Labor and Man in Robert Frost’s Nature Poems Keywords:

Rural Nature , Poetry , Work , Man , Robert Frost