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    A Witness Tree
    A Witness Tree
    A Witness Tree
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    A Witness Tree

    By Robert Frost

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    This collection was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1943. Most of the poems in this volume are short lyrics, published after several unfortunate tragedies had occurred in Frost's personal life, i.e. his daughter Marjorie's death in 1934, his wife's death in 1938, his son Carol's suicide in 1940. Despite these losses, Frost continued to work on his poetry and eventually fell in love with his secretary Kay Marrison, who became the primary inspiration of the love poems in this collection. This collection is the last of Frost's books that demonstrates the seamless lyric quality of his earlier poems. The most popular poem of this volume is "The Gift Outright", a patriotic poem that was recited at the presidential inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherReading Essentials
    Release dateJun 26, 2019
    ISBN9788834145807
    A Witness Tree
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    Robert Frost

    Robert Frost (1874–1963) was a poet who was much admired for his depictions of rural life in New England, command of American colloquial speech, and realistic verse portraying ordinary people in everyday situations.

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      A Witness Tree - Robert Frost

      A Witness Tree 

      by Robert Frost

      First published in 1942

      This edition published by Reading Essentials

      Victoria, BC Canada with branch offices in the Czech Republic and Germany

      For.ullstein@gmail.com

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except in the case of excerpts by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.

      portrait by enit kaufman

      A Witness Tree 

       by 

       Robert Frost

      TO K.M.

      FOR HER PART IN IT

      CONTENTS

      ONE OR TWO

      TWO OR MORE

      TIME OUT

      QUANTULA

      OVER BACK

      BEECH

      Where my imaginary line

      Bends square in woods, an iron spine

      And pile of real rocks have been founded.

      And off

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