Robert Frost Biography

Robert Frost, Poet
Born asRobert Lee Frost
Occup.Poet
FromUSA
BornMarch 26, 1874
San Francisco, California, USA
DiedJanuary 29, 1963
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
CauseHeart attack
Aged88 years
Robert Frost was an American poet born in San Francisco in 1874, however matured in New England, as well as the landscape there played a considerable duty in his poetry throughout his life. He dropped out of Dartmouth University after just a couple of months because of an absence of passion in formal education and learning. Instead, he came to be a farmer, opening a farm in New Hampshire with his partner, Elinor White, whom he had actually wed in 1895. Nonetheless, when the farm fell short, he and also Elinor transferred to England in 1912, where Frost came to be buddies with various other modernist authors such as Edward Thomas as well as Ezra Extra Pound.

In England, Frost published his first book, A Child's Will, which was well-received and he returned to the USA in 1915 to continue his creating profession. He later on released North of Boston, which has a few of his most well-known poems such as "Repairing Wall surface", "The Fatality of the Worked With Male", as well as "Home Funeral". Frost's verse often dealt with rural life as well as the natural landscape, in addition to styles of seclusion and also alienation.

In 1923, Frost transferred to a farm in Vermont, where he invested a lot of the remainder of his life. He remained to compose verse throughout his profession, winning four Pulitzer Prizes for his job, including his most well-known collection, New Hampshire, published in 1923. His other famous works include West-Running Brook and The Roadway Not Taken.

Frost was called a personal individual, yet he had a close circle of friends and coworkers. One of his closest buddies was poet Edward Thomas, whom Frost had actually fulfilled in England. Thomas passed away in World war, which substantially affected Frost and also motivated several of his rhymes. Frost was additionally close with poet as well as movie critic Lionel Trilling, that later on created a book on Frost's poetry.

Frost experienced numerous personal losses throughout his life, consisting of the fatalities of his partner and also numerous of his children. He died in 1963, at the age of 88, from problems as a result of prostate surgery. Robert Frost's poetry continues to be commonly checked out and researched, and also he is thought about one of one of the most vital American poets of the 20th century.

Our collection contains 81 quotes who is written / told by Robert, under the main topics: Age - Education - Life - Wisdom - Home.

Related authors: George Santayana (Philosopher), Lionel Trilling (Critic), Adrienne Rich (Poet), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete)

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81 Famous quotes by Robert Frost

Small: The only certain freedoms in departure
"The only certain freedom's in departure"
Small: The best way out is always through
"The best way out is always through"
Small: A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer
"A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer"
Small: Im not confused. Im just well mixed
"I'm not confused. I'm just well mixed"
Small: Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length
"Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length"
Small: There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate
"There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate"
Small: The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mothers always a Democrat
"The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat"
Small: A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity
"A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity"
Small: The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work
"The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work"
Small: I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was n
"I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power"
Small: There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you cant move, and
"There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies"
Small: You have freedom when youre easy in your harness
"You have freedom when you're easy in your harness"
Small: A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty m
"A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes"
Small: A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel
"A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel"
Small: A diplomat is a man who always remembers a womans birthday but never remembers her age
"A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age"
Small: I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound o
"I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense"
Small: Humor is the most engaging cowardice
"Humor is the most engaging cowardice"
Small: Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in
"Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in"
Small: Hell is a half-filled auditorium
"Hell is a half-filled auditorium"
Small: To be a poet is a condition, not a profession
"To be a poet is a condition, not a profession"
Small: Thinking isnt agreeing or disagreeing. Thats voting
"Thinking isn't agreeing or disagreeing. That's voting"
Small: They would not find me changed from him they knew - only more sure of all I thought was true
"They would not find me changed from him they knew - only more sure of all I thought was true"
Small: The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism
"The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism"
Small: The world is full of willing people some willing to work, the rest willing to let them
"The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them"
Small: The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep"
Small: The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violen
"The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination"
Small: Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and cant, and the other half who have no
"Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it"
Small: Freedom lies in being bold
"Freedom lies in being bold"
Small: Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and Ill forgive Thy great big joke on me
"Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me"
Small: Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense
"Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense"
Small: Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidenc
"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence"
Small: College is a refuge from hasty judgment
"College is a refuge from hasty judgment"
Small: By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day
"By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day"
Small: But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep
"But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep"
Small: Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so
"Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so"
Small: And were an epitaph to be my story Id have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on
"And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world"
Small: Always fall in with what youre asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way.
"Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatever's going. Not against: with"
Small: A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman
"A successful lawsuit is the one worn by a policeman"
Small: A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair
"A poet never takes notes. You never take notes in a love affair"
Small: A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom
"A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom"
Small: A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness
"A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness"
Small: A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone
"A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body - the wishbone"
Small: I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way
"I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way"
Small: Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down
"Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down"
Small: The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when
"The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended"
Small: The brain is a wonderful organ it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop
"The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office"
Small: I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old
"I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old"
Small: We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows
"We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows"
Small: The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader
"The ear is the only true writer and the only true reader"
Small: Nobody was ever meant, To remember or invent, What he did with every cent
"Nobody was ever meant, To remember or invent, What he did with every cent"
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