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
I would as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down
Piling up knowledge is as bad as piling up money. You have to begin sometime to kick around what you know.
Originality and initiative are what I ask for my country.
Man that is of woman born is apt to be as vain as his mother
My object in living is to uniteMy avocation and my vocationAs my two eyes make one in sight
Is due to truths being in and out of favor.
We love things we love what they are.
By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.
There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.
Time and Tide wait for no man,but time always stands still for a woman of thirty.
Time and tide wait for no man, but always stand still for a woman of thirty
Tree at my window, window tree,/ My sash is lowered when night comes on;/ But let there never be curtain drawn/ Between you and me.
It's God - I'd have known Him by Blake's picture anywhere
I've had a lover's quarrel with the world