FrostsMending Wall, By Robert Frost - 841 Words

Mending Wall was influenced by Frosts neighbor while he lived on his farm in New Hampshire. Like in Home Burial, and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Mending Wall is based on Frosts experiences in New England. Frost and his neighbor met every spring to wall along their stone wall and fix any problems with it, this is the exact setting of Mending Wall (History). Frosts neighbor, like the neighbor in the poem, always believed in the same saying good fences make good neighbors. The only major difference between the poem and Frosts actual experiences is that in the poem the farmer and his neighbor had orchards, while Frost had a poultry farm (History). To this day Frost remains one of the most significant poets and†¦show more content†¦This proves that everything he wrote had an impact on the literary world and what he wrote was important too. Furthermore, Frost was nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1950 and was close to winning it again in 1961, but failed to win it because of his advanced age (Kainzow). To be so close to winning one of the most recognized awards at the age of 86, further proves his significance in the literary canon. Frost was so important to the literary world that Poet Society of America named an award after him. The Robert Frost Medal is awarded to poets for their distinguished lifetime achievement in American poetry (Frost). In 1960 Frost was presented with the Congressional Gold Medal, which is the highest award an American civilian can win. President John F. Kennedy presented him with the award in 1960 and a year later President Kennedy asked Frost to recite a poem at his inauguration (Biography). Frost recited The Gift Outright but because his vision was begging to fail he had to memorize the poem. This shows just how popular Frost was, and how well respect he was too. Frosts importance to the literary canon can be shown by more than the awards he has won. Frost was able to reach a large and diversified readership (Caravantes), unlike poets like Shakespear whose work can be found harder to read and comprehend, Frosts work consisted of colloquial language which allowed him to be able to speak in poetic but plain language