Linguistic evidence of the theme of nature in a constellation of Robert Frost’s poems
While Robert Frost is quite known for being a poet who wrote about nature, especially rural areas of New England in America, on trees, dark forests and nights, apples and apple harvesting, skies, stars, and even roads not taken, the use of such elements of nature in his poems and its contributio...
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2025
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25959/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25959/1/Gema_25_1_8.pdf |
| Summary: | While Robert Frost is quite known for being a poet who wrote about nature, especially rural areas
of New England in America, on trees, dark forests and nights, apples and apple harvesting, skies,
stars, and even roads not taken, the use of such elements of nature in his poems and its contribution
to the theme has not yet been adequately and collectively addressed. The current study focuses on
analyzing a group of poems written by Robert Frost using AntConc and Lancbox (corpus linguistic
toolkits) to provide linguistic evidence of the existence of the nature theme. This study examined
how keywords, collocation, and colligation from different poems displayed the theme of nature.
Based on a corpus stylistic approach, the study found that analyzing poems from different volumes
shows the impact of the environment on the poet was positively and negatively associated with the
poet’s convictions with nature. Robert Frost frequently clashes with nature in his themes of
acceptance, loneliness, and terror. The poet's exposure to the rural landscape led him to appropriate
many pictures from his surroundings and relate them to religious and universal ideas that form the
core of his poems. In addition, because of its relatability and simplicity, Robert Frost's poetry has
profoundly impacted many readers. This paper contributes to the current literature by revealing
that Robert Frost’s poems portray nature, showing a connection between humanity and nature and
emphasizing the impact of nature on people’s attitudes. |
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