A useful and enlightening lecture. I admit I've been a bit skeptical about Frost precisely because of that "flinty New Englander plain-speaking wisdom-dispensing national poet" image that he's been stuck with.
I think your comparison with Hardy is apt. As with Frost, I find Hardy highly variable in quality, while remaining a distinctive and authentic poetic personality.
A useful and enlightening lecture. I admit I've been a bit skeptical about Frost precisely because of that "flinty New Englander plain-speaking wisdom-dispensing national poet" image that he's been stuck with.
I think your comparison with Hardy is apt. As with Frost, I find Hardy highly variable in quality, while remaining a distinctive and authentic poetic personality.