Painting with Words: Imagery in Selected Poems by Robert Frost

This paper sheds light on the types of imagery Robert Frost uses in his poetry with particular reference to “After Apple Picking” “Out, Out_”, “The Road Not Taken”, and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”. The paper is an in-depth analysis of the poet’s artistic ability to paint with words utilizing all types of sensory imagery namely visual imagery, auditory imagery, olfactory imagery, gustatory imagery, tactile imagery, organic imagery and kinesthetic imagery. The poet’s artistic creativity is extraordinarily grand and the verbal colors he uses in his poems are versatile. Although the paper is primarily concerned with discussing the poet’s use of the major types of imagerymentioned above, other specific types of imagery will also be discussed