The Most of It (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Frost
- First Published: 1942
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Nature, Beauty, Reality, Deer, Lakes, Attitude
The Poem
“The Most of It” is a lyric poem cast in twenty lines of rhymed iambic pentamer. The title contains a dual meaning that reflects an important contrast between the attitudes of the male character in the poem and of Robert Frost himself.
The man in the poem wants “the most of it”: He wants more out of life than it ordinarily provides. Thus he spends time alone in nature, seeking a certain kind of response from “the universe,” but he feels disappointed when nature does not provide that kind of response.
On the other hand, the title also...
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