Come In
A poem by Robert Frost, published in <em>The Atlantic</em> in 1941
by Robert Frost
Jul 19, 2021
1 minute
Photo illustrations by Miki Lowe
Robert Frost is commonly thought of as a “nature poet”—a simple chronicler of stoic New England beauty. Quotes from, , and a host of other mundane products, their out-of-context words used as inspirational mantras and pleasant home decor. But Frost the nature-poet label, and his poems were actually quite dark. In fact, he used nature motifs to get at weightier themes—often death.
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