Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. 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 his generation, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry.
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Famous quotes by robert frost:
“You live by writing
Your poems on a farm and call that farming.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Nothing to say to all those marriages!
She had made three herself to three of his.
The score was even for them, three to three.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“I have remained resentful to this day
When any but myself presumed to say
That there was anything I couldn’t be.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“I said I had the tree. It wasn’t true.
The opposite was true. The tree had me.
The minute it was left with me alone,
It caught me up as if I were the fish
And it the fishpole.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)