Essay: "The Figure a Poem Makes." Robert Frost. 1939.

10-second review: Frost reflects on the response he has to poems. His most memorable line: "It begins in delight and ends in wisdom."

Quote: “…ends in a clarification of life…the surprise of remembering something I didn’t know I knew.” p. 127.

Best American Essays of the Century. Editors: Oates and Atwan. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. 2000.