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North of Boston Kindle Edition

by Robert Frost (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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I'M going out to clean the pasture spring; I'll only stop to rake the leaves away (And wait to watch the water clear, I may): I sha'n't be gone long.—You come too. I'm going out to fetch the little calf That’s tanding by the mother. It’s so young, It totters when she licks it with her tongue. I sha'n't be gone long.—You come too.
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    73 pages
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    English
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    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publisher
    Library of Alexandria
  5. Publication date
    July 29, 2009
  6. File size
    521 KB
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00G5JY7FE
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Library of Alexandria (July 29, 2009)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 29, 2009
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 521 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 73 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 154 ratings

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tex norman
5.0 out of 5 stars Story Poems that Story Lovers, Can't Be well Educated without Reading This Book.
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2014
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I love poetry and I have read all of these poems before, but I wanted to read them in the order in which Mr. Frost intended us to have them. When this book came out it was a big hit, but was slightly out shined by EL Master's Spoonriver Anthology. Over time, the poems in Mr. Frost's book have far out shined the gimmicky, yet still powerful Spoonriver so textbook makers sliced up the poems and put them in textbooks. Most children read one or two of these poems and are totally unaware of some of the wonderful works in this book. There are a lot of narrative poems in North of Boston. We get a great collection of modern use of the blank verse form. I write poetry. If I'm going to do any good work, I have to know what other writers have done with the form. For everyone who honors story or the skillful use of words, this is a book you deserve to have and you should have it in our Kindle. You should probably have Spoonriver too. There are people with lists. You should make your own list, and this book should be on it.
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Connie White
4.0 out of 5 stars Best taken in small bites.
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2014
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Great collection of Robert Frost's prose. I love the way he "paints" the rural settings with his words, leaving indelible pictures on the mind. Not something to be read like a novel. These servings are so rich that they must be taken little by little, and so I keep my Kindle handy to refer back frequently.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Like going home
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2022
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North of Boston refers to Frost's trips out of the city to the countryside. These are free form poems that feel more like short narratives. Mending Wall is familiar to anyone who has taken high school English. The Death of the Hired Man broke my heart as did Home Burial. Blueberries was fun. The Housekeeper was just plain sad. The Fear had several layers of meaning. Good Hours simply spoke of taking a walk in the winter. If you've not read any poetry lately, try this collection. Read one a day and give yourself time to absorb the writing.
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Neva Chambers
3.0 out of 5 stars formatting
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2014
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The formatting is a bit off, so it made it difficult to get into the flow of the verses with how choppy the lines were.
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Edwards
5.0 out of 5 stars What’s not to like?
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2019
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Robert Frost is my favorite American poet. After Apple Picking is probably the best poem in this collection with, perhaps, the exception of the Mending Wall. North of Boston is not Frost’s first collection. A Boy’s Will was published earlier, yet the seventeen poems in this one are just as profound. They are more dialogue oriented than some of his other works, but great nonetheless.
Although I like to actually flip paper pages - especially poetry books, I downloaded this to my Kindle just so I could have it with me. It’s a great addition to any digital collection.
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Gene M. Sims
4.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2017
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Good read. A little long for my tastes. Only remember ever reading just one of the poems. Good luck y'all.
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Ron
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2014
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Robert Frost was one of the first poets I was introduced to as a child. I loved these simple(at the time) poems of feelings ,nature, life. I could almost feel the lack of presence of other while reading most of Frost poems. Over the years, rereading me has brought out the more complicated understanding of his poems and the true beauty of his writings. I'm certain, that this will not be the last time I will read this little book of poetry. I'm in the winter of my life and things are more clear than before! A very rewarding read!
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Cameron Campbell
1.0 out of 5 stars Not formatted with stanza spaces and line indentions
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2019
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This version is okay for free, provides the words in the poems, but stanza spacing and line indentions, important aspects of the poems, aspects of form that Frost used for effect and meaning are not included. All the lines in the poems are aligned on the left and include no stanza spaces.
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