Robert Frost
Robert Frost was an American poet celebrated for his depictions of rural New England life and mastery of colloquial speech and meter. He received four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry and is widely regarded as one of the major American poets of the 20th century.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- San Francisco
- Educated at
- Dartmouth CollegeLawrence High SchoolHarvard University
- Awards
- 🏆 honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge🏆 Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford🏆 Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Miami🏆 Bollingen Prize
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Trending topics shown first"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 …"
"No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader. For me the initial delight is in the surprise of remembering something I didn't know I knew. I a…"
"There was never a sound beside the wood but one, And that was my long scythe whispering to the ground."
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
"These woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep."
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Timeline
1874
Born
Birth1963
Died
Death
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