The poem, 'The Bishop Orders His Tomb at St. Praxed's Church' begins with dramatic setting. An anonymous bishop lives on the verge of death. His sons who are most probably either his nephews or devotees, come around his bed without any interaction. They stand around his deathbed and listen to his speech.
David Herbert Lawrence, one of the greatest literary figures of 20th century English literature, through this poem raises the ecological concerns through the medium of the snake. To justify his argument regarding ecology, he presents the interior monologue of the speaker.
The Idea of Order at Key West was written in 1934 by American modernist and the Imagist poet Wallace Stevens. It was included in 'Ideas of Order' and in 'The Collections Poems of Wallace Stevens'. He won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1955.
Desert Places was published in the 'American Mercury' in 1934 and in 'A Further Range' in 1936. The poem expresses a sense of loneliness enveloping the poet's heart and mind.
The poem Departmental was published in 'A further Range' in 1936. The poem is light in tone and movement. The poem originally appeared with a substitute 'The End of my Ant Jerry' which is more in tune with the satirical notes of the verse.
Tears, Idle Tears by Alfred Lord Tennyson is an elegy written in the desperate mood at the loss of the poet’s bygone days. The poet is reminded of his past life when his eyes fall upon happy autumn fields. The poet is very imaginative when he refers the first beam on glittering soil and draws a beautiful comparison. The poet is reminded of the past when he had an opportunity to observe sad consequences of a ship and the passengers.
The poem The Vanishing Red appeared in 'Mountain Interval' in 1916. The phrase 'the vanishing red' is often applied to indicate the gradual extinction of the Red Indians, one of the aboriginal tribes of New England. In this poem, Frost tells us about a Red Indian, John and his dreadful murder by a white, Miller. Racial and tribal clash of 1910s America is presented through this incident of murder.
The poem the Need of Being Versed in Country Things appeared in 'New Hampshire' in 1923. It is one of the most characteristic poems of Robert Frost. It expresses his love of Nature and rural things. In this poem "the relative simplicity of the natural" world has been emphasized. Frost deals specially with the contrast between the world of nature and of man-made objects, and in which the essential difference between the two worlds is the relative simplicity of the natural.
Two Tramps in Mud Time was published in the 'Saturday Review of Literature', October 6, 1934, and in 'A Further Range', 1936. This poem is the most characteristic of Robert Frost, and speaks highly of the dignity of manual labor.
The poem 'Brown's Descent' also known by the name 'The Willy-Nilly Slide' is written in the ballad form and appeared in 'Mountain Interval' (1916). In this poem Frost has drawn an unforgettable character in unmistakable terms.