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
It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.
A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.
I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.
Poetry is what gets lost in translation.
The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.
A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
You can't get too much winter in the winter.
Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting. . . . Read it a hundred times; it will forever keep its freshness as a metal keeps its fragrance. It can never lose its sense of a meaning that once unfolded by surprise as it went.
Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.
Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting.
College is a refuge from hasty judgment.
I am not a teacher. I am an awakener.
I never knew what was meant by choice of words. It was one word or none.
There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.