ABSTRACT
News of the impact of the war on the lives of the Frosts' English friends soon made its way across the Atlantic. For the members of the Frost family—whose lives in America were colored by their experience in England and their love of Edward Thomas, his family and friends—dealing with the war was a constant source of anxiety. In his early poems, Robert seemed to accept the need for war in certain circumstances. In philosophical terms, Robert had concluded that 'War represents what faith we won't be laughed or reasoned out of'. It has to be more than sentiment; a nation has to be directly threatened, like Belgium was. On their return to America, the Frosts found that 'no one is as much against Germany as he is against the war'. It was the war, more than any other subject, that prompted the letters from the Frosts' English friends, especially the Gardners, Smiths, and Mairs.
