This is one of Robert Frost's smaller collections. This poetic collection was published in New York Times on June 1, 1947. It is dedicated to Robert Frost's six grandchildren. There is tenderness and passive sadness in this volume. In this collection, with Spiritual Themes, Robert Frost portrays religion in an ambiguous way. The poems of this collection: Directive A Young Birch Skeptic Etherealizing Why Wait for Science Too Anxious for Reverse One Step Backward Taken American poetry collections