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Robert Frost's America. Mark Van Doren. Poem. And All We Call American. By Robert Frost. June 1951 Issue. ... (A country named for him, a town, A holiday) as where he is He may not recognize as his.
Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech, [2] Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. [3]
Robert Frost reached the zenith of his popularity during his life time and the representative of most awarded American poet. He has been hailed as "the one great American poet of our time", a New Englander in the 'great tradition', fit to be placed beside Emerson, Hawthorne and Thoreau.
22 paź 2024 · Robert Frost was an American poet much admired for his depictions of the rural life of New England, his command of American colloquial speech, and his realistic verse portraying ordinary people in everyday situations.
9 lis 2023 · At Robert Frost’s 85th birthday party at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria hotel in 1959, critic Lionel Trilling toasted the poet by declaring his work “terrifying.” This description may surprise most Americans, who nowadays are largely familiar with Frost through folksy fragments of his poems.
Robert Frost continues to hold a unique and almost isolated position in American letters. “Though his career fully spans the modern period and though it is impossible to speak of him as anything other than a modern poet,” writes James M. Cox, “it is difficult to place him in the main tradition of modern poetry.”
18 sty 2016 · Robert Frost (1874–1963) may be not only the most famous American poet but also the most misunderstood. There is not just one way to read Frost’s poems but many, and different interpretations can be difficult to reconcile.
