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ENGL 310: Modern Poetry

Lecture 02 - Robert Frost. The poetry and life of Robert Frost are characterized in opposition to the works of nineteenth-century poets and Modernists Eliot and Pound. Frost's poetic project, how he positions himself among his contemporaries, his poetics of work, and his concept of "the sound of sense" are discussed. The poems "Mowing" and "'Out, Out--'" are interpreted, and the tensions between vernacular language and poetic form that they showcase are explored. (from oyc.yale.edu)

Lecture 02 - Robert Frost

Time Lecture Chapters
[00:00:00] 1. Introduction: Robert Frost
[00:19:21] 2. Robert Frost Poem: "Mowing"
[00:25:13] 3. Robert Frost Poem: "Out, Out--"
[00:27:19] 4. Verbal Sounds, Metaphorical Associations and the Suggestive Choice of Words
[00:36:56] 5. Metrical Pattern

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Lecture 2 - Robert Frost
Instructor: Professor Langdon Hammer. Handout 2: Robert Frost [PDF]. Section Activity: Robert Frost [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov].

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Lecture 01 - Introduction
Lecture 02 - Robert Frost
Lecture 03 - Robert Frost (cont.)
Lecture 04 - William Butler Yeats
Lecture 05 - William Butler Yeats (cont.)
Lecture 06 - William Butler Yeats (cont.)
Lecture 07 - World War I Poetry in England
Lecture 08 - Imagism
Lecture 09 - Ezra Pound
Lecture 10 - T.S. Eliot
Lecture 11 - T.S. Eliot (cont.)
Lecture 12 - T.S. Eliot (cont.)
Lecture 13 - Hart Crane
Lecture 14 - Hart Crane (cont.)
Lecture 15 - Langston Hughes
Lecture 16 - William Carlos Williams
Lecture 17 - Marianne Moore
Lecture 18 - Marianne Moore (cont.)
Lecture 19 - Wallace Stevens
Lecture 20 - Wallace Stevens (cont.)
Lecture 21 - Wallace Stevens (cont.)
Lecture 22 - W. H. Auden
Lecture 23 - W. H. Auden (cont.)
Lecture 24 - Elizabeth Bishop
Lecture 25 - Elizabeth Bishop (cont.)