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New Hampshire - A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes

New Hampshire is a volume of poems written by Robert Frost, for which he received the Pulitzer Prize. The titular poem is the longest, and it has cross-references to 14 of the following poems. These are the "Notes" in the book title. The "Grace Notes" are the 30 final poems. Contained in this collection are some of Frost's best known works, such as "Fire and Ice", "Nothing Gold Can Stay", and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". (Summary by TriciaG) (2 hr 25 min)

Chapters

New Hampshire

A Star in a Stone-boat

The Census-taker

The Star-splitter

Maple

The Axe-helve

The Grindstone

Paul’s Wife

Wild Grapes

Place for a Third

The Witch of Coös

The Pauper Witch of Grafton

An Empty Threat

A Fountain, a Bottle, a Donkey’s Ears and Some Books

I Will Sing You One-O

Fragmentary Blue

Fire and Ice

In a Disused Graveyard

Dust of Snow

To E. T.

Nothing Gold Can Stay

The Runaway

The Aim was Song

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

For Once, Then, Something

Blue-Butterfly Day

The Onset

To Earthward

Good-Bye and Keep Cold

Two Look at Two

Not to Keep

A Brook in the City

The Kitchen Chimney

Looking for a Sunset Bird in Winter

A Boundless Moment

Evening in a Sugar Orchard

Gathering Leaves

The Valley’s Singing Day

Misgiving

A Hillside Thaw

Plowmen

On a Tree Fallen Across the Road

Our Singing Strength

The Lockless Door

The Need of Being Versed in Country Things