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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2019.17.12.337

The Uncertainty as the Healing Function in the Poetry of Robert Frost  

Kim, Kyoung-Soon (Dept. of International Language & Culture, Woosuk University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.17, no.12, 2019 , pp. 337-344 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore the uncertainty as the healing function in the poetry of Robert Frost. One of the therapeutic functions in poetry therapy is to make us look into life from a new perspective, which appears in the uncertainty of his poetry. His uncertainty is based on his peculiar poetic theory and philosophy of dualism. This paper reviews these things and deals with aspects of the uncertainty in detail through his poems. The result of this study shows that Frost conveys elements of ambiguity, illogical development and unpredictability in our society and fear, loneliness and anxiety in our daily life, and also offers realistic depictions of complex life as a therapeutic medium for overcoming these problems. So it seems that his poetry provides us with a recovery of psychic health and a possibility of healing and personal growth. Furthermore we need a practical in-depth study on the healing function of English poetry.
Keywords
Ambivalence; Coexistence; Dualism; therapeutic function; Uncertainty;
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