Robert Frost’s View of Nature in the Contradiction and Unity of The Freedom of the Moon

Abstract

The title of the poem plays a general role in the poem and can give the reader a hint of the content of the poem. The title of Robert Frost’s The Freedom of the Moon contradicts the poem’s content. As a representative of human beings, the hero in the poem has made various attempts and changes to the shape, position, and state of the moon, showing man’s control over nature, which is quite different from the title “The Freedom of the Moon.” Robert was an American poet who saw firsthand the conflict and struggle between man and environment that resulted from the country’s fast industrialization and economic growth. Through his poems, Robert advocated that people of his generation should respect nature and live in harmony with nature. Guided by such a view of nature, The Freedom of the Moon, created by Robert, uses the contradiction between the title and the content of the poem and readers’ consensus on the role of the title of the poem to create tension, which encourages readers to think about the ownership of “Freedom” in the title during reading. It makes the reader think more deeply about the relationship between nature and humans. It encourages them to avoid the anthropocentrism that can lead to arrogance and strike a balance between them.