Robert Frost
Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frostwas an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. One of the most popular and critically respected American poets of the twentieth century, Frost was honored frequently...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth26 March 1874
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Nothing flatters me more than to have it assumed that I could write prose, unless it be to have it assumed that I once pitched a baseball with distinction.
The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.
They cannot scare me with their empty spaces Between stars—on stars where no human race is. I have it in me so much nearer home To scare myself with my own desert places.
Out alone in the winter rain, / Intent on giving and taking pain.
Poetry is what gets lost in translation.
I'm not confused. I'm just well mixed.
Yes, of course [this age] is materialistic, but the only way to counteract it is to create spiritual things. Don't worry yourself about the materialism too much. Create and stir other people to create!
Let cloud shapes swarm, / Let chaos storm, / I wait for form.
When work becomes play, and play becomes your work, your life unfolds.
I have miles to go before I sleep...
Have courage and a little willingness to venture and be defeated.
You've got to be brave and you've got to be bold. Brave enough to take your chance on your own discrimination, what's right and what's wrong, what's good and what's bad.
When clever people ask me where I get a poem, I despair.
I never take my own side in a quarrel.