Robert Frost and the Structure of Irony
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Authors
Petrides, Olivia Ladd
Issue Date
1967
Type
Thesis
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en_US
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I will
examine the structure of irony in Robert Frost's poetry
as the means to the objectivity requisite to the ironic
attitude. The arrangement of my study is in three sections:
1) The method of analogy to nature: it is
the method of dissimulation which underlies
all of Frost's metaphors.
2) The method of characterization: the simple,
colloquial diction, the isolated, natural
setting and the actions which create the
image of the New England personality. This
reticent individual is the vehicle for
Frost's irony.
3) The style: the nature of his language, the
rhythms, sound, and poetic devices which
create the ambiguity of tones in his poetry
and reveal his equivocal ironic attitude.
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