“I have worried quite a number of them into existence, but any sneaking preference [I have had] remains for the ones I have carried through like the stroke of a racquet, club or headsman”
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Robert Frost
Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech, 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.
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culture · American poet (1874–1963) · poet · writer · pedagogue · playwright · also Robert Frost, Robert Lee Frost, Frost
Born 26 March 1874 · Died 29 January 1963 · Q168728
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Everyone comes down to Washington to get equal with someone else. I want our poets to be declared equal to -- what shall I say? -- the scientists. No, to big business.
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2026· 28 entries
“Everyone comes down to Washington to get equal with someone else. I want our poets to be declared equal to -- what shall I say? -- the scientists. No, to big business.”
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“Lines Written in Dejection on the Eve of Great Success”
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“Never Again Would Birds' Song Be the Same”
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myupnow.com: Patchy frost & scattered showers Thursday; breezy weekend winds
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NBC Boston: NH police investigate assault outside Robert Frost Farm
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Kaspersky: Frost & Sullivan recognized Kaspersky for its leadership in Asia-Pacific OT cybersecurity
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Patch: Derry Police Search For Suspect After Reported Trail Assault At Robert Frost Farm
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WDIO.com: Up North: Minnesota Frost inspire Twin Ports youth through hockey camps
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The Western Producer: Normal frost arrival expected, crops should have time to mature
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Tinnitist: Lucy Frost Takes Her Vitamins
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Boxing News 24/7: Emanuel Navarrete Vs. O’Shaquie Foster Moves To Frost Bank Center
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Playbill: Myles Frost, Lizzy McAlpine, Caissie Levy, More Will Sing Rodgers and Hart at Carnegie Hall
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Microsoft: Microsoft named a Leader in the Frost Radar™: Cloud Workload Protection Platforms, 2026
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247Sports: Scott Frost on UCF's Progress: 'The Standards on Our Football Team Are Way Higher'
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heavy.com: UCF HC Scott Frost Debated Backup QB Battle Behind Alonza Barnett
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farmersalmanac.com: Seed Saving 101: What to Collect Before Frost
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Yahoo Finance: Regional Banks Stocks Q2 In Review: Cullen/Frost Bankers (NYSE:CFR) Vs Peers
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Chicago Hockey Now: Jack’s Daily: Kane Hits Wrigley; Blackhawks U23 Pipeline; Frost’s Future
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Diario Panorama: Dos artistas imaginaron a Samara Weaving como Emma Frost y sorprendieron con el resultado
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The Big Takeover: Lucy Frost - Vitamins (Lucy Frost music)
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MLB.com: Jacob Frost In play, run(s) to Rosman Verdugo
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Future Market Insights: Frost Recovery Additives Market
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WWLTV.com: VIOLENT: UCF Football’s Scott Frost Demands Physicality From His Knights | UCF Podcast
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CNBC: Autonomous vehicles are the future of driving: Frost and Sullivan
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Legacy obituary: John Frost Obituary (1932 - 2026) - Loves Park, IL - Daily-Chronicle
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University of Miami News: Frost Music Live announces 2026-2027 season
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Chattanooga Times Free Press: Former Chattanooga accountant Jonathan Frost’s sentencing delayed for second time
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2003· 1 entry
The critic Charles McGrath noted that critical views on Frost's poetry have changed over the years (as has his public image)
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2002· 2 entries
Originally featured the titular character reciting "Nothing Gold Can Stay"
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The house was opened to the public as the Robert Frost Stone House Museum and was given to Bennington College in 2017
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2000· 1 entry
His eldest son Justin rephrased the last stanza of the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" in his eulogy: "The woods are lovely, dark and deep
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1977· 1 entry
The third volume of Lawrance Thompson's biography suggested that Frost was a much nastier piece of work than anyone had imagined; a few years later, thanks to the reappraisal of critics like William H
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1963· 3 entries
Died 1963-01-29.
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“Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.”
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Was generally considered to be a New England folkie
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1962· 3 entries
Awarded Bollingen Prize (1962).
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“Robert Frost's 'Home Burial'”
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Was awarded the Edward MacDowell Medal for outstanding contribution to the arts by the MacDowell Colony
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1961· 2 entries
Frost was named Poet Laureate of Vermont by the state legislature through Joint Resolution R-59 of the Acts of 1961, which also created the position
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Miami (1961).
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1960· 2 entries
Won Congressional Gold Medal (1960).
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Frost was awarded a United States Congressional Gold Medal, "In recognition of his poetry, which has enriched the culture of the United States and the philosophy of the world"; it was formally bestowed on him by John F
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1958· 4 entries
Won Emerson-Thoreau Medal (1958).
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Awarded United States Poet Laureate (1958).
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Also received the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960, and in 1961 was named poet laureate of Vermont
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By Librarian of Congress Lawrence Quincy Mumford, serving for one year until succeeded by Richard Eberhart
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1953· 1 entry
Awarded Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets (1953).
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1947· 1 entry
Mental illness apparently ran in Frost's family, as both he and his mother suffered from depression, and his daughter Irma was committed to a mental hospital in 1947.
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1943· 1 entry
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for A Witness Tree (1943).
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1941· 1 entry
Won Robert Frost Medal (1941).
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1937· 2 entries
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for A Further Range (1937).
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Frost's wife, who had heart problems throughout her life, developed breast cancer in 1937 and died of heart failure in 1938.
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1934· 1 entry
Frost began to spend winter months in Florida
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1931· 2 entries
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Collected Poems of Robert Frost (1931).
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And the American Philosophical Society in 1937
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1929· 1 entry
“Cultural Interchanges between the Americas”
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1924· 1 entry
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for New Hampshire (1924).
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1921· 1 entry
Frost accepted a fellowship teaching post at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he resided until 1927, when he returned to teach at Amherst
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1920· 1 entry
Had to commit his younger sister Jeanie to a mental hospital, where she died nine years later
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1915· 1 entry
During World War I, Frost returned to America, where Holt's American edition of A Boy's Will had recently been published, and bought a farm in Franconia, New Hampshire, where he launched a career of writing, teaching and
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1913· 1 entry
(A Boy's Will) and 1914 (North of Boston)
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1912· 1 entry
Frost sailed with his family to Great Britain, settling first in Beaconsfield, a small town in Buckinghamshire outside London
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1897· 1 entry
Studied at Harvard University (1891–1897).
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1896· 1 entry
Elinor and Robert Frost had six children: son Elliott (1896–1900, died of cholera); daughter Lesley Frost Ballantine (1899–1983); son Carol (1902–1940); daughter Irma (1903–1967); daughter Marjorie (1905–1934, died as a result of puerperal fever after childbirth); and daughter Elinor Bettina (died just one day after her birth in 1907).
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1892· 1 entry
Where he published his first poem in the high school magazine, served as class poet and, with his future wife Elinor White, was co-valedictorian
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1885· 2 entries
The family moved across the country to Lawrence, Massachusetts, under the patronage of Robert's grandfather William Frost Sr
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When he was 11, his father died of tuberculosis, leaving the family with just eight dollars
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1874· 1 entry
Born 1874-03-26.
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