New Hampshire

New Hampshire is Robert Frost's Pulitzer Prize-winning collection that helped secure his place as a defining voice in American poetry.Blending lyric intensity with conversational clarity, Frost's poems in this volume explore rural New England life, philosophical solitude, human boundaries, and the uneasy relationship between nature and civilization. The collection includes some of his most enduring works, among them "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," whose quiet cadence and meditative restraint exemplify Frost's distinctive style.The title poem, "New Hampshire," is accompanied by prose notes and "grace notes," revealing Frost's ironic wit and reflective commentary on place, identity, and artistic purpose. Throughout the volume, Frost moves between pastoral imagery and metaphysical inquiry, presenting landscapes that are at once physical terrains and psychological states.Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1924, New Hampshire stands as one of the central achievements of early twentieth-century American verse. This Wilder Publications edition presents the complete 1923 text, preserving the original structure and accompanying notes as first published.Poems included are:New HampshireA Star in a Stone-BoatThe Census-TakerThe Star-SplitterMapleThe Ax-HelveThe GrindstonePaul's WifeWild GrapesPlace for a ThirdTwo Witches- The Witch of Coos- The Pauper Witch of GraftonAn Empty ThreatA Fountain, a Bottle, a Donkey's Ears, and Some BooksI Will Sing You One-OFragmentary BlueFire and IceIn a Disused GraveyardDust of SnowTo E.T.Nothing Gold Can StayThe RunawayThe Aim Was SongStopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningFor Once, Then, SomethingBlue-Butterfly DayThe OnsetTo EarthwardGood-by and Keep ColdTwo Look at TwoNot to KeepA Brook in the CityThe Kitchen ChimneyLooking for a Sunset Bird in WinterA Boundless MomentEvening in a Sugar OrchardGathering LeavesThe Valley's Singing DayMisgivingA Hillside ThawPlowmenOn a Tree Fallen Across the RoadOur Singing StrengthThe Lockless DoorThe Need of Being Versed in Country Things