對照法을 통해 나타난 社會的 任務 = Duty in Robert Frost's Poetry

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In his poetry Robert Frost shows a variety of describing impression and imagination from the nature scenes surrounding him His lyricism or lyrical beauty shown in 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' and 'Come In' attracts readers into being enthralled by the magical power the woods has. The astonishing point in both poems is not in the lyrical description but in the final conclusive lines, where readers may find the social responsibilities the poet has a strong sense of.
In the poems the poet feels he has to remember what he should do in spite of the over whelming surroundings or the attractive points his place has before him He spends most of the poems in praising the beauty Mother Nature shows, and he confesses that the temptation Nature makes is difficult to resist. In 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' the objective surroundings is calm and just displaying their beauty in front of the poet, while in 'Come In' the woods attract him with more powerful elements such as the music the birds make in the trees before the sun sets. The poet is over come with lamenting sentimental emotions, and the poet is now being tempted by the more active atmosphere. However, the poet do not give in and strongly resist the temptations the woods leads with its beauty.
The poet's emphasis on people's social responsibilities or his own duty seems one of the main characteristics which attract readers into accepting his poems as one of the major modern influential literary works.