Spurred on by Frost, and by the oncoming threat of war, at one point he wrote nearly a poem a day, including his much loved “Adlestrop” with its “lazed, heat-filled atmosphere… of that last summer before the war”.
受到了弗罗斯特的鞭策,战争的威胁又隐隐逼近,曾经有段时间他几乎每天就写出一首诗——其中就有那首广为人们称道的《艾德稠普》,诗中描写了“战争爆发前的最后一个夏天… … 那慵懒、闷热的空气”。