Robert Frost

Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), full name Robert Lee Frost, was a US poet. He is known for his realistic depictions of rural life that he used to examine complex social and philosophical themes, and his command of American colloquial speech. He was frequently honored during his lifetime, and is the only poet to receive four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He was also awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works. He was named poet laureate of Vermont on July 22, 1961.

Wisdom & Quotes

• One aged man - one man - can't fill a house.

- An Old Man's Winter Night

• One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.

- Birches

• Home is the place where when you have to go there

They have to take you in.
- The Death of the Hired Man

• The 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.
- Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

• I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
- The Road Not Taken

• Something there is that doesn't love a wall.

- Mending 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 favour 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.
- Fire and Ice

Gertrude Stein