Interview with Robert Frost,

Partial Transcript: --what the statement is, if it doesn't have dramatic accent in it, it will not stay in anybody's head.

Segment Synopsis: Robert Frost talks about the significance of meter in poetry and its universality in language. He also talks about the relationship between rhythm and meter in writing.

Keywords: Basic meter; Drama in writing; Drama.; Expression; Human language; Language; Language and languages.; Lindsay, Vachel, 1879-1931.; Meter; Poetic expression; Poetic meter; Poetic rhythm; Poetic tune; Tune; Writing expression; Writing meter

Subjects: Frost, Robert; Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.; Poetry.; Poets.; Versification.

Partial Transcript: The meaning does that. This is why you have to have a meaning because you don't know what to do with anything if you don't have a meaning--(Frost laughs).

Segment Synopsis: Frost talks about the significance of poetry having meaning. He talks about the role of mood in poetry. He shares his opinion on free verse poetry.

Keywords: Blank verse; Discovery; Iambic pentameter; Iambic poetry; Meaning; Meaning & art; Poetic expression; Poetic forms; Poetic meaning; Poetic mood; Poetic virtuosos; Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972.; Writing mastery; Writing moods; Writing virtuosos

Subjects: Free verse; Frost, Robert; Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.; Mood; Poetry.; Poets.; Writing.

Partial Transcript: Mr. Frost, this is to change, uh, the subject just a little, but, um, have you paid any attention to some of the new linguistic theoreticians?

Segment Synopsis: Frost responds to linguistic theoreticians' attempts at measuring expressiveness in writing and poetry.

Keywords: Expressiveness; Human spirit; Iambic pentameter; Iambic poetry; Linguistic theoreticians; Meaning; Meter; Poetic meaning; Poetic meter; Scientific formulation; Scientific linguisticians; Scientific measures; Writing expression

Subjects: Frost, Robert; Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.; Linguistics.; Poetry.; Poets.; Writing.

Partial Transcript: One of the things that seems very interesting to me--and one of the things that, uh, long ago I got first interested, most interested in your verse about--was the fact that your blank verse was so idiomatic, uh, so much like conversation--

Segment Synopsis: Frost talks about blank verse and other forms of poetry. He speaks more on the relationship between meter and rhythm in poetry.

Keywords: "The Code"; Basic English meter; Conversational poetry; Drama in poetry; Dramatic poetry; Iambic pentameter; Iambic poetry; Idiomatic poetry; Loose iambic meter; Meter; Poetic forms; Poetic meter; Poetic rhythm; Straight meter

Subjects: Blank verse; Frost, Robert; Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.; Literary readings.; Poetry readings (Sound recordings).; Poetry.; Poets.; Rhythm.; Versification.

Partial Transcript: --The, the talk started so fast that, uh, I was sorry that we didn't start, uh, recording and I was signaling to Charles to start the tape because--

Segment Synopsis: Frost talks about quantitative verse in Greek, Latin, and English language. Frost shares his opinion of Ezra Pound and Pound's writings.

Keywords: English language.; Greek language.; Latin language.; Meter; Opinions; Poetic forms; Poetic meter; Poetic reading; Quantitative verse; Reading poetry; Reputations; Teachers.; Teaching.; Translation poetry; Translations; Writers

Subjects: Frost, Robert; Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.; Language and languages.; Poetry.; Poets.; Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972.; Versification.

Partial Transcript: Now for what is called in, in English, uh, verse, the tr--traditional verse or the, or the, uh, thing like this, uh, "Little trotty wagtail he went in the rain."

Segment Synopsis: Frost reads John Clare's poem, "Little Trotty Wagtail" and analyzes its meter. He talks about personal encounters with Clare's writing.

Keywords: "Little Trotty Wagtail"; Accents; English verse; Iambic pattern; Iambic pentameter; Iambic poetry; Loose iambic; Loose iambic meter; Loose iambic pentameter; Meter; Poetic meter; Poetry analysis; Poetry manuscripts; Publications; Writers; Writing analysis; Writing manuscripts

Subjects: Authors.; Clare, John, 1793-1864; Literary readings.; Poetry readings (Sound recordings).; Poetry.; Poets.; Versification.

Partial Transcript: I want to get Mr. Frost in a minute to read another one of his poems, if he will.

Segment Synopsis: Frost reads his poem, "Provide, Provide." He talks about tune in poetry and differentiates poetry from other forms of writing.

Keywords: "Provide, Provide"; Friends; Friendships; Interpersonal relations; Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.; Mood; Music; Poetic mood; Poetic tunes; Tunes; Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965.

Subjects: Frost, Robert; Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.; Literary readings.; Poetry readings (Sound recordings).; Poetry.; Poets.; Writing.

Partial Transcript: May I change the subject a moment?

Segment Synopsis: Frost shares his reactions to critical analysis quotes from Edith Sitwell. He talks about past and current ventures sharing with the public how to read poetry.

Keywords: Essay writing; Essays; Interpersonal relations.; Interviews; Literary critics; Opinions; Personal opinions; Poetry analysis; Poetry interpretations; Public relations; Public relationships; Reactions; Reading poetry; Reputations; Teaching.; Verse textures; Writing techniques

Subjects: Critics.; Frost, Robert; Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.; Literary readings.; Poetry readings (Sound recordings).; Poetry.; Poets.; Sitwell, Edith, 1887-1964.; Writing.

Partial Transcript: Uh, puss, what--"pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been? I've been to London to see the coronation," to pervert it a little.

Segment Synopsis: Frost and the interviewers discuss the importance of observation in writing poetry.

Keywords: Fresh observations; Imagery; Insight; Life observations; Poetic aspects; Poetic features; Storytelling.; World observations; Writing skills; Writing techniques

Subjects: Frost, Robert; Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.; Observation.; Poetry.; Poets.; Writing.