Robert Frost

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Robert Frost was a renowned American poet celebrated for his depictions of rural New England life and his mastery of colloquial speech and traditional verse forms.

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instanceOf American poet
human
poet
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
causeOfDeath complications from prostate surgery
child Carol Frost
Elinor Bettina Frost
Elliott Frost
Irma Frost
Lesley Frost
Marjorie Frost
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1874-03-26
dateOfDeath 1963-01-29
dateOfMarriage 1895-12-19
educatedAt Dartmouth College
Harvard University
employer Amherst College
Middlebury College
University of Michigan
familyName Frost
fullName Robert Lee Frost
genre poetry
givenName Robert
hasSignatureWork A Further Range
A Witness Tree
New Hampshire
North of Boston
honorificTitle Poet Laureate of Vermont
influenced American poetry
New England poets
confessional poets
influencedBy Robert Browning
William Wordsworth
knownFor depictions of rural New England life
mastery of traditional verse forms
use of colloquial speech in poetry
languageOfWorkOrName English
livedIn Cambridge, Massachusetts
Derry, New Hampshire
England
Franconia, New Hampshire
New England
movement Modernism
New England regionalism
notableWork Acquainted with the Night
After Apple-Picking
Birches
Fire and Ice
Home Burial
Mending Wall
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Out, Out—
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
The Death of the Hired Man
The Gift Outright
The Road Not Taken
numberOfPulitzerPrizes 4
occupation poet
placeOfBirth San Francisco, California, United States
placeOfBurial Old Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Vermont, United States
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld poet-in-residence at Amherst College
poet-in-residence at the University of Michigan
readPoemAt inauguration of John F. Kennedy
religion Unitarianism
spouse Elinor Miriam White
subjectOf numerous literary studies and biographies
yearOfInauguralReading 1961


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