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
A poem may be worked over once it is in being, but may not be worried into being.
A definite purpose, like blinders on a horse, inevitably narrows its possessor's point of view.
Loyalty is that for the lack of which your gang will shoot you without benefit of trial by jury.
Only God and I knew what I meant when I wrote it, now only God knows
I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street, But not to call me back or say good-bye;
Freedom is when you are easy in the harness.
The only way out is to go through
Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice.
You have freedom when you're easy in your harness.
If you don't know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.
Let him that is without stone among you cast the first thing he can lay his hands on.
Of course there is matter for remark in poems. Nobody denies that. But it must be solemnly laid on everybody in this world to make his own observations and remarks. That's what we mean by thinking, and that's about all we mean. A teacher says to a pupil "Watch me notice a few things in the next few months: let's see you notice a few things too."
I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.
One aged man - one man - can't fill a house.