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
Something there is that doesn't love a wall
Some say the world will end in fire,/ Some say in ice./ From what I've tasted of desire/ I hold with those who favor fire./ But if it had to perish twice,/ I think I know enough of hate/ To say that for destruction ice/ Is also great/ And would suffice.
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.
I am not a teacher, but an awakener.
Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length
You're searching, Joe, for things that don't exist; I mean beginnings. Ends and beginnings -- there are no such things. There are only middles.
It looked as if a night of dark intentWas coming, and not only a night, an age.Someone had better be prepared for rage.There would be more than ocean-water brokenBefore God's last 'Put out the Light' was spoken
The jury consist of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
All the fun's in how you say a thing
I've had a lover's quarrel with the world
The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom...in a clarification of life--not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.
The dog barks backwards without getting up; I can remember when he was a pup