Question

Which of frost poems is most typical of a traditional pastoral

Out out
Mending wall
Birches

Answer 1

Birches.

Step-by-step explanation:

A Pastoral poem is the one in which it creates a contrast between the corruption of city life and the purity of the rural life. This poem presents the Utopian view of rural life and explores the relationship between human and nature.

"Birches" is the poem written by Robert Frost, first published in 1916. Written in blank verse, it explores the idealism of nature. It talks about the Birch tree,which is bend. While tramping in the forest,the poet notices this bend birch tree. He ponders that the tree is bend because ice had been frozen on it. Then he then thinks the tree is mend because some boys have swung on it, because he himself in his childhood did the same. Then he imagines how the boy must have climbed the tree while looking for his cows(depicting the life of a shepherd looking for his sheep). While imagining all this the poet thinks of going in this idealized life, away from the life of an adult. and live carefree.

As, this poem contains the elements of nature, the life of a shepherd, we can say that this poem is an example of traditional pastor.

Answer 2

"Mending Wall" is the best example of a pastoral poem. It shows shepherd and country living as easy, simple, and pure. The two men are walking along the wall in between their properties, putting back the stones that have fallen during winter. The tone is simple, the pace is slow, and it views the country life as something ideal.

"Out Out" deals with the tragedy of a boy losing his hand, which--even though it starts out remarking on the beauty of the Vermont backdrop--does not idealize that country living, it shows a horror that can come from it.

"Birches" also has an undertone that is a bit too sad to fit the traditional pastoral-the images of the trees being pulled down and bent and broken by ice doesn't reflect the beauty and ease of nature as a pastoral would.