![]() In describing a simple act of nature, the mundane, or the heartfelt grief of people, Robert Frost displays an insight into the sometimes simple instances in our lives that when brought together constitute our very lives. Louis Untermeyer best describes Frost's work as "poetry that sings and poetry that talks. ![]() ![]() He was a poet who spoke with rhyme and meter of all things natural, and in so doing plumbed the depths of emotions of people in all walks of life. He has penetrated from social actions to intellectual problems of his age. He does not aloof himself from the contemporary society. Frost neither describes the situations and conditions of life of modern society, nor does he write about political and economic problems of his age. Hence he can be termed as classicist of very high order. He had a profound knowledge of literature, history, science and philosophy. Despite his popular image as a farmer-poet, those ten years, which he spent after his grandfather's death, were the only period of Frost's life in which he worked seriously at farming, and in the last five of them he also found it financially necessary to teach school. He was awarded Pulitzer Prize four times. ![]() Many Americans recognize his name, the titles of and lines from his best-known poems and even his face and the sound of his voice. He is generally regarded as a poet, teacher, and a man of wisdom. ![]() He was born in San Francisco, California on Mar 26, 1874. Robert Frost (1874-1963) was the most popular poet of twentieth century. ![]()
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