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
Poetry is what gets lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation.
Lovers, forget your love And list to the love of these She a window flower And he a winter breeze ...
Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
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.
There is nothing as mysterious as something clearly seen
Why abandon a belief merely because it ceases to be true? Cling to it long enough and... it will turn true again, for so it goes. Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.
I had a lovers quarrel with the world.
We dance round in a ring and suppose, While the secret sits in the middle and knows
We dance around the ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows
Two roads converged in a woods. He (Mitchell) took the one less traveled and that made all the difference.
Families break up when people take hints you don't intend and miss hints you do intend
Next to nothing for use.But a crop is a crop,And who's to say where The harvest shall stop?
Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense
I've had a lover's quarrel with the world