robert frost and his old fashion way to be new

robert frost is one of the modernist poets, famous for being a “regional poet.” although he belongs to the period of great poets such as t.s eliot, ezra pound, carlos williams, and e. e. cumming, he avoids using the sophisticated diction of those selfdeclared modernist poets. the clarity of frost’s diction, the colloquial rhythms, the simplicity of his images and above all the folksy speaker, are intended to make his poems look natural and unplanned. in the context of modernist movement, however, they can be seen as a thoughtful reply to high modernism’s fondness for obscurity and difficulty. though frost’s ruralism affirmed the modernist distaste for cities, he was writing the kind of traditional, accessible poetry that modernists argued could no longer be written. through this traditional form and simple language he could express the same themes and problems of modern life that eliot discussed in his really difficult poems. this article tries to discuss about the fact that against the comments on his style as being traditional in modern era, frost was a real modernist but in his old fashion way.