How to understand The Gift Outright?
About the author: Robert Frost (1874 ~ 1963) is an American poet. Born in San Francisco in the western United States on March 26th, 1874. He lost his father at the age of 11 and moved to New England in the northeast with his mother. Since then, he has forged an indissoluble bond with that land. Frost began to write poetry at the age of 16 and published his first poem at the age of 2. He worked diligently and published more than 1 books of poetry in his life, including North of Boston (1914), Mountains (1916), New Hampshire (1923), West Stream (1928), Witness Tree (1942) and glade. Frost's poems can be divided into two categories: lyric short poems and dramatic narrative poems, both of which are well-known. Frost's lyric poems mainly describe nature and farmers, especially the scenery of New England and farmers in the north. These poems are vivid and have strong appeal, and are welcomed by readers at all levels. His narrative poems are generally low-pitched, reflecting the gloomy side of the poet's thought and character. Frost's worldview is complicated. He regards the world as a mixture of good and evil. Therefore, on the one hand, his poems describe the beauty of nature and its benefits to human beings, on the other hand, they also describe its destructive power and the misfortune and disaster it brings to human beings. One of the greatest features of Frost's poetic style is simplicity, meaningful meaning, profound thinking and philosophy in plain content and simple and simple poems. This is not only Frost's artistic pursuit, but also the secret of his career success. What's more: [excerpt] In January 1961, I watched Kennedy's inauguration ceremony on TV. Robert Frost was invited by Kennedy to read one of his poems on stage. He chose The Complete Gift. When I hear: possession of what we have not yet possessed, possession of what we have no longer possessed. What we keep makes us weak until we find ourselves. We refused to give us the land to live in, so we were reborn in surrender. It seems that something has always touched my heart. Later, I found this poem by Frost in a collection. It is really beautiful and powerful. It played a role in my determination to apply for American citizenship. (Yang Zhenning: Chinese Roots and American Nationality) ()