Philosophical and Psychological Investigation on Human Nature in Robert Frost’s Selected Poems

Abstract

This paper is an endeavor to provide a clear and considerable exploration of human nature and his complexities for existence in Frost’s selected poems, one of the prominent poets of early 20th century. Frost embodies the philosophical and psychological insight on human nature unveiling human beings’ struggle for existence in this chaotic world. Frost shows an intensive interest in some psychological comprehensive themes such as loneliness, alienation, inwardness, desires in his poems. Besides, he has a profound knowledge of philosophy though it is not polished. The depiction about human existence, duality of mind, limitations, and death which refer to the philosophic elementary reveals the philosophical insight of Robert Frost. Frost finds human beings as lonely and powerless creature in the midst of nature as they are confined with the boundaries made by nature. Frost’s poems express how the barriers come to the way of human relationship with nature and others, loneliness and alienation. Besides, the conflict between man’s desire and obligations are illustrated in his poems. In essence, Frost’s poems depict the conflict of human heart and its diversity. Frost is widely aware of human limitations but he claims that human being must maintain his humility in order to accommodate with the complexities of nature. This analytical study is highly concerned to reveal the humans’ complications with these themes by re-evaluating some of Frost’s poems. Through this structural approach, we seek identifying the deeper and complex meaning of human nature, both psychological and philosophical perception presented in Robert Frost’s poems.