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What are the major differences between poets Robert Frost and Wallace Stevens?
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Robert Frost and Wallace Stevens, both early to mid-twentieth-century American poets from New England, differed in career paths and literary style. Stevens worked as an executive at Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, balancing his corporate career with poetry, while Frost pursued writing full-time. Additionally, Stevens embraced literary modernism, whereas Frost rejected it, preferring traditional forms and themes in his poetry.
Both Robert Frost and Wallace Stevens were early to mid-twentieth century American poets who lived in New England.
The first difference between the two were their career paths. Wallace Stevens worked for Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, where he evtually attained the rank of Vice President. He turned down a major professorship at Harvard and continued to work well past his retirement age at his executive position. Although he was a dedicated poet, he was an equally dedicated corporate employee. Robert Frost, on the other hand, had only temporary jobs other than poetry and dedicated himself to a full-time writing career.
The seond major difference is that Wallace Stevens embraced literary modernism while Robert Frost rejected it.
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