''Mountain Interval'' is a 1916
poetry collection
A poetry collection is often a compilation of several Poetry, poems by one poet to be published in a single Volume (bibliography), volume or chapbook. A collection can include any number of poems, ranging from a few (e.g. the four long poems in ...
written by American poet
Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frost (March26, 1874January29, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in the United States. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloq ...
. Published by
Henry Holt, it is Frost's third poetic volume.
Background
The book was republished in 1920, and after making several alterations in the sequencing of the collection, Frost released a new edition in 1924. Five lyrics of the earlier collection were compiled next under the title "The Hill Wife". In this volume only three poems are written in
dramatic monologue
Dramatic monologue is a type of poetry written in the form of a speech of an individual character. M.H. Abrams notes the following three features of the ''dramatic monologue'' as it applies to poetry:
Types of dramatic monologue
One of the mo ...
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Poems
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The Road Not Taken
"The Road Not Taken" is a narrative poem by Robert Frost, first published in the August 1915 issue of ''The Atlantic Monthly'', and later published as the first poem in the collection '' Mountain Interval'' of 1916. Its central theme is th ...
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* "Christmas Trees"
* "An Old Man's Winter Night"
* "The Exposed Nest"
* "A Patch of Old Snow"
* "In the Home Stretch"
* "The Telephone Machine"
* "Meeting and Passing"
* "Hyla Brook"
* "The Oven Bird"
* "Bond and Free"
* "
Birches
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* "Pea Brush"
* "Putting in the Seed"
* "A Time to Talk"
* "The Cow in Apple Time"
* "The Encounter"
* "Range-Finding"
* "The Hill Wife"
* "The Bonfire"
* "A Girl's Garden"
* "Locked Out"
* "The Last Word of a Blue Bird"
* "
Out, Out—"
* "Brown's Descent, or the Willy-nilly Slide"
* "The Gum-Gatherer"
* "The Line-Gang"
* "The Vanishing Red"
* "Snow"
* "The Sound of Trees"
* "Assertive"
See also
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1916 in poetry
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Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frost (March26, 1874January29, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in the United States. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloq ...
External links
Frost, Robert. ''Mountain Interval'' (1916), Henry Holt And Company *
1916 poetry books
1920 poetry books
American poetry collections
Works by Robert Frost
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