Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.
Comment briefly on Robert Frost's nature poetry.
A. Unlike his contemporaries in the early 20th century, Robert Frost did not break up with the poetic tradition nor made any experiment on form. Instead,he learned from the tradition,especially the familiar conventions of nature poetry and of classical pastoral poetry,and made the colloquial New England speech into a poetic expression.
B.Many of his poems are fragrant with natural quality. Images and metaphors in his poems are drawn from the simple country life and the pastoral landscape that can be easily understood. But it would be a mistake to imagine that Frost is easy to understand because it is easy to read.
C.Profound ideas are delivered under the disguise of the plain language and the simple form,for what Frost did is to take symbols from the limited human world and the pastoral landscape to refer to the great world beyond the rustic scene.
D.These thematic concerns include the terror and tragedy in nature,as well as its beauty, and the loneliness and poverty of the isolated human being. But first and foremost Frost is concerned with his love of life and his belief in a serenity that only came from working usefully while he practiced himself throughout his life. (P562)
