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. A popular and often-quoted poet, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry.

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Robert Lee Frost (26 March 1874 – 29 January 1963) was an American poet; winner of four Pulitzer Prizes.

Contents

• 1 Sourced
  • 1.1 Mending Wall (1914)
  • 1.2 Home Burial (1915)
  • 1.3 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (1923)
  • 1.4 The Figure a Poem Makes (1939)
  • 1.5 Directive (1947)
  • 1.6 Comment
• 2 External links

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In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life — It goes on. It is absurd to think that the only way to tell if a poem is lasting is to wait and see if it lasts. The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound — that he will never get over it. Most of the change we think we see in life Is due to truths being in and out of favor. Everything written is as good as it is dramatic. It need not declare itself in form, but it is drama or nothing.

• I do not see why I should e'er turn back, Or those should not set forth upon my track To overtake me, who should miss me here And long to know if still I held them dear.

  They would not find me changed from him they knew — Only more sure of all I thought was true.

  • Into My Own, st. 4 (1913)

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