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
Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting. A poem may be worked over once it is in being, but may not be worried into being.
Thinking is not to agree or disagree. That is voting.
Is due to truths being in and out of favor.
This as it will be seen is other far / Than with brooks taken otherwhere in song. / We love the things we love for what they are.
A successful lawsuit is one worn by a policeman
I go to school - to youth - to learn the future
I would as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down
An earthly dog of the carriage breed; Who, having failed of the modern speed, Now asked asylum and I was stirred To be the one so dog-preferred
No wonder poets sometimes have to seem/ So much more business-like than business men./ Their wares are so much harder to get rid of.
The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.
There is nothing as mysterious as something clearly seen
Two roads converged in a woods. He (Mitchell) took the one less traveled and that made all the difference.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
We dance around the ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows