subjects, readers found it is easy to follow the poet into deeper
truths, without being burdened with pedantry. Often Frost used the
rhythms and vocabulary of ordinary speech or even the looser free
verse of dialogue.
FIRE AND ICE BY ROBERT FROST
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favour fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
THE LOCKLESS DOOR BY ROBERT FROST
It went many years,
But at last came a knock,
And I though of the door
With no lock to lock.
I blew out the light,
I tip-toed the floor,
And raised both hands
In prayer to the door.
But the knock came again.
My window was wide;
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