Robert Frost & Bahinabai Chaudhary: The Religious Swingers of Life

This book offers a comprehensive and comparative study of the religious and spiritual approach in the poetry of Robert Frost, a major American poet of the twentieth century and Bahinabai Chaudhary, an illiterate yet profoundly gifted Marathi folk poet from the Khandesha region of Maharashtra, India; two eminent poets who belong to entirely different cultural, linguistic, and geographical backgrounds. Despite these differences, both poets exhibit a striking similarity in their perception of life, nature, humanity, and the divine. A significant portion of the book is devoted to analyzing the religious approach of Robert Frost, whose poetry reflects a deep engagement with nature as a symbolic and spiritual force. His religion is not doctrinal but philosophical, rooted in personal experience, ethical struggle, and a constant "lover's quarrel with the world."In contrast, the book presents Bahinabai Chaudhary's religious approach as deeply devotional, experiential, and grounded in the rural life of Khandesha. Her poetry reflects a natural faith shaped by Bhakti tradition, acceptance of destiny, and an intimate relationship with God as a living presence in everyday life.