Robert Frostの反戦詩(文化)

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It is quite natural that Robert Frost wrote war poems throughout his literary career since he thought of our true existence in this modern world. What is rather surprising is that those war poems did not receive much attention even by literary critics. They didn't show so much interest in his nationalism, his attitude toward war, and his political ideas. Actually Frost had much interest in politics and wanted to gain influence over politicians and government officials as a poet-statesman. In his earlier days, he wrote excellent war poems such as "Range-Finding," "Not to Keep," and so on, which are realistic and at the same time have deeper symbolic meanings. These poems make the readers think that Robert Frost was a thoughtful humanitarian who strongly believed in pacifism. In his later years, his anti-war poems inclined to be epigrammatic or satiric ones, which are sometimes too ambiguous and difficult to understand the poet's true intension. This is because he wanted to keep his position politically safe. Frost wanted to be influential to powerful politicians and government officials as well as to be thought as a great sage full of experience and knowledge. When we read his anti-war poems, we realize that Robert Frost was a true humanitarian. He couldn't help sympathizing with all the people who were killed or suffered severely without any reason. But as a politician, Frost was just like an innocent child as he was treated by Nikita Khrushchev, Premier of the Soviet Union, when they had a short talk in the Crimea in 1962.
2006-03-01

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山田武雄
関西学院大学理工学部

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