Project Gutenberg 2002-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 559 Frost, Robert 1874 1963 Frost, Robert Lee North of Boston The pasture -- Mending wall -- The death of the hired man -- The mountain -- A hundred collars -- Home burial -- The black cottage -- Blueberries -- A servant to servants -- After apple-picking -- The code -- The generations of men -- The housekeeper -- The fear -- The self-seeker -- The wood-pile -- Good hours. Produced by David Reed, and David Widger "North of Boston" by Robert Frost is a collection of narrative poems written during the early 20th century. The work explores themes of rural life, human emotion, and the complexities of interpersonal relationships, often set against the backdrop of the New England countryside. The poems feature various characters, including farmers, family members, and workers, whose stories reveal the tensions and connections that define their existence. The opening of "North of Boston" introduces readers to the simplicity and depth of rural life through descriptive imagery and dialogue. The first poem, "The Pasture," presents a speaker inviting a companion to join in the task of cleaning a spring and fetching a calf, implying themes of companionship and the cycles of nature. Following this, "Mending Wall" delves into the speaker's reflections on boundaries and neighborly relations, contrasting differing thoughts on walls that separate versus those that foster good relationships. This sets the tone for an exploration of human experiences amidst the natural world in the subsequent poems included in the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en American poetry -- 20th century PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 128836 128837 2024-10-02T05:50:35.739434 2023-10-02T05:38:30.381644 text/html text/html 124578 2013-02-04T14:41:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 45768 2013-02-04T14:41:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 110053 2024-10-02T05:50:41.180443 application/epub+zip 112270 2024-10-02T05:50:37.628437 application/epub+zip 112270 2024-10-02T05:50:36.456609 application/epub+zip 216532 2024-10-02T05:50:43.396432 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 215091 2024-10-02T05:50:40.491415 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 191797 2022-09-02T07:09:30.062676 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118969 118946 2024-10-02T05:50:35.434478 2023-10-02T05:38:30.175663 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 118839 2009-02-15T06:51:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 44887 2009-02-15T07:47:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 118831 2009-02-15T06:50:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 44867 2009-02-15T07:47:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21325 2024-10-02T05:50:43.526403 application/rdf+xml 12106 2024-10-02T05:50:37.006468 image/jpeg 3367 2024-10-02T05:50:36.734439 image/jpeg 107192 2024-10-02T05:50:35.751453 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia