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Title: The Poetry of Robert Frost by Robert Frost, Susan Anspach, Roscoe Lee Browne, Elliott Gould, Joel Grey, Arte Johnson, Melissa Manchester, Kevin McCarthy, Jean Smart, Michael Tucker ISBN: 1-59007-034-8 Publisher: New Millennium Audio Pub. Date: December, 2001 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Poetry for the common man
Comment: What can I say? Robert Frost is the quintessential American poet. Quite frankly, I never have really been drawn to poetry, either it is overly sentimental, too dramatic, or tries to hard to make a statement. Frost avoids all of these pitfalls, he writes poetry for the common man.
I have to admit, I prefer the earlier works. Beautiful word pictures of an abandoned wood pile in the woods, a dirty patch of snow (or is it a piece of newspaper), and of course, a horse stopping by the woods on a snowy evening. His latter poems lack the beautiful simplicity of his earlier works, but nevertheless, they are still works of the master.
Over the years, this book has been a constant companion. Sitting in my wingback chair, I have enjoyed reading these poems again and again. As I prepared for this review I was struck how many of these poems dealt with death: The Death of the Hired Man, After Apple Picking, Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening, A Late Walk among them. Others are fanciful such as The Kitchen Chimney.
If you are considering taking a dive into poetry, start here. There is no better American poet than Robert Frost.
Rating: 5
Summary: Outstanding
Comment: Such great poems from a great person. One of my favorites.
Rating: 2
Summary: Amateurish audio production
Comment: This tape is poorly done. The tape quality is bad, and the production is cluttered with music and other background noise. Some of the readings are too fast, and some of the voices aren't very pleasant to listen to. No index is provided, so you have to listen to the tape if you want to know what's on it, and you have no way of knowing who's reading what. This is annoying if you want to read along with the audio.
If you buy this, buy the audio download instead of the tape. Audible.com cleaned it up considerably. One nice feature is that if you burn this onto a CD, each poem is on a separate track, as is done with songs on a music CD, except for a few longer pieces that run over to a second track.
For the record, there are 50 poems in this production. All but 2 of them, "Asking For Roses" and "Spoils Of the Dead," are in the print book by the same title.
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Title: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson ISBN: 0316184136 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 30 January, 1976 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Road Not Taken and Other Poems by Robert Frost ISBN: 0486275507 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 19 April, 1993 List Price(USD): $1.50 |
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Title: Robert Frost Poetry Collection by Robert Frost ISBN: 0694522775 Publisher: HarperAudio Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe ISBN: 0385074077 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 15 August, 1984 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Robert Frost : A Life by Jay Parini ISBN: 0805063412 Publisher: Owl Books Pub. Date: 15 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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