The following paintings explain some of the conflicting influences
in Robert Frost's poetry. Frost is too late to count as a symbolist
like Moreau and Puvis de Chavannes, but is never quite as radical as
the modernist painter Georges Braque. Indeed, Frost's poetry derives
strength from being in between these two movements.

Nineteenth-Century Symbolism
Moreau, Gustave Orpheus 1865 Oil on canvas 5' 3/4" x 3' 3 1/4" (154 x 99.5 cm) Musee d'Orsay, Paris
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre The Poor Fisherman 1881 Oil on canvas 5' 1" x 6' 3 3/4" (155 x 192.5 cm) Musee d'Orsay, Paris
Twentieth-Century Modernism
Braque, Georges Glass, Carafe and Newspapers 1914 Pasted papers, chalk and charcoal on cardboard 62.5 x 28.5 cm (24 5/8 x 11 1/4 in.) Private collection, Basel