This document discusses Robert Frost's perspective on man's relationship with nature, God, and other men as portrayed in his poetry. Frost saw nature as a formidable force that humans must struggle against but believed that humanity has been slightly more successful than nature over time, allowing our population to grow. His poems often depict humans as isolated and having difficulty connecting with one another. Despite our separateness, Frost also believed that we are social beings who can find connection through shared experiences and tasks. The document also contrasts Frost's preference for the meaningful simplicity of rural life compared to the complexity of urban environments.

1. Presented by
Fakharh Muhabat

2. Destiny
Man Nature
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. God

3. 1850th -1930th
Live, Let Live
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. God

4. Robert Frost saw nature as an alien force capable of destroying man, but he also saw man's struggle
with nature as a heroic battle. As told in his poem "Our Hold on the Planet",
There is much in nature against us. But we forget:
Take nature altogether since time began,
Including human nature, in peace and war,
And it must be a little more in favor of man,
Say a fraction of one percent at the very least,
Or our number living wouldn't be steadily more,
Our hold on the planet wouldn't have so increased

5. For Frost, the world is often one of
isolation. Man has difficulty
communicating and relating to one
another. As a result, we have a tendency to
shut ourselves off from others. In the
absence of effective communication, we
play the foolish game of avoiding any
meaningful contact with others in order to
gain privacy.
In "The Mending Wall” Frost reinforces the idea of isolation. When
writing about the wall's annual collapse, Frost uses the word "gaps" to
describe the holes in the wall. However, this could also stand for the "gaps"
that the neighbors are placing between each other. "No one has seen them
made or heard them made" but somehow the gaps naturally exist and are
always found when the two get together.

6. Frost believed that human beings live isolated lives, despite
being in close proximity to each other:
‘We keep the wall between us as we go’ [Mending Wall]
‘Good fences make good neighbors’ [Mending Wall]
‘Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less travelled by’ [The Road]
Frost believed that despite our separation as individuals, humans
are social beings. At times he
‘And feel a spirit kindred to my own;
So that henceforth I worked no more alone’ [Tuft]
‘“Men work together,” I told him from the heart,
“Whether they work together or apart”.' [Tuft]
‘I let my neighbor know beyond the hill;
And on a day we meet to walk the line’ [Mending Wall]

7. Frost said “I have no doubts
about my believes”
But Frost is often preoccupied
with describing or suggesting
how we would feel to live in a
world without God.

8. However, Frost has more
opportunities to find metaphysical
meaning in everyday tasks and
explore the relationship between
mankind and nature through the
glimpses of rural life and farming
communities that he expresses in his
poetry. Urban life is "real," but it lacks
the quality and clarity of life that is so
fascinating to Frost in his work.

9. RURAL LIFE VERSUS URBAN LIFE
Frost's experience growing up in
New England exposed him to a
particular way of life that seemed
less complicated and yet more
meaningful than the life of a city
dweller. The farmers whom Frost
describes in his poetry have a
unique perspective on the world
as well as a certain sense of
honor and duty in terms of their
work and their community. Frost is
not averse to examining urban life
in his poetry; in "Acquainted with
the Night," the narrator is
described as being someone who
lives in a large city.

10. “Home is the place
where , when you have
to go there , they have
to take you in “