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
Oh, give us pleasure in the orch-ard white, Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night.
I'd like to go by climbing a birch tree~ And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more, But dipped its top and set me down again. That would be good both going and coming back. One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.
He thought that I was after him for a feather--- The white one in his tail: like one who takes everything said as personal to himself.
I shall set forth for somewhere, I shall make the reckless choice Some say when they are in voice And tossing so as to scare The white clouds over them on, I shall have less to say, But I shall be none.
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 diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
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
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 go to school - to youth - to learn the future
I have been one acquainted with the night.