Robert Frost

1874 – 1963 · Modern · 7 poems

Robert Frost was an American poet known for realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. He won four Pulitzer Prizes.

Poems

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The Road Not Taken

1916

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, / And sorry I could not travel both

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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

1923

Whose woods these are I think I know. / His house is in the village though;

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Fire and Ice

1920

Some say the world will end in fire, / Some say in ice.

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Nothing Gold Can Stay

1923

Natures first green is gold, / Her hardest hue to hold.

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Mending Wall

1914

Something there is that doesnt love a wall, / That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,

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The Death of the Hired Man (excerpt)

1914

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, / They have to take you in.

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After Apple-Picking

1914

My long two-pointed ladders sticking through a tree / Toward heaven still,

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