Biography of robert frost poems fire
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Robert (Lee) Frost (1874-1963) : Fire and Ice
Robert (Lee) Frost (1874-1963) : Fire and Ice
American poet, one of the finest of rural New England's 20th century
pastoral poets. Frost published his first books in Great Britain in the 1910s,
but he soon became in his own country the most read and constantly
anthologized poet, whose work was made familiar in classrooms and lecture
platforms. Frost was awarded the Pulitzer Prize four times. Nature and
Frost's rural surroundings were for him a source for insights "from delight
to wisdom," or as he also said: "Literature begins with geography."
FIRE AND ICE
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.
Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, California. His father William
Prescott Frost Jr., a journalist and an ardent Democrat, died of tube
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Robert Frost
American poet (1874–1963)
This article is about the poet. For other people with the same name, see Robert Frost (disambiguation).
Robert Frost | |
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Frost in 1949 | |
| Born | (1874-03-26)March 26, 1874 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | January 29, 1963(1963-01-29) (aged 88) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet, playwright |
| Education | Dartmouth College (no degree) Harvard University (no degree) |
| Notable works | A Boy's Will, North of Boston, New Hampshire[1] |
| Notable awards | |
| Spouse | Elinor Miriam White (m. 1895; died 1938) |
| Children | 6 |
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 e
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Fire and Ice (poem)
1920 poem written by Robert Frost
Fire and Ice
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.
"Fire and Ice" is a short poem by Robert Frost that discusses the end of the world, likening the elemental force of fire with the emotion of desire, and ice with hate. It was first published in December 1920 in Harper's Magazine[1] and was later published in Frost's 1923 Pulitzer Prize-winning book New Hampshire. "Fire and Ice" is one of Frost's best-known and most anthologized poems.[2]
Background
According to one of Frost's biographers, "Fire and Ice" was inspired by a passage in Canto 32 of Dante's Inferno, in which the worst offenders of hell (the traitors) are frozen in the ninth and lowest circle: "a lake so bound with i