Today we celebrate the life of a great American poet, Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963). One hundred forty-one years ago Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, California, to journalist William Prescott Frost, Jr., and Isabelle Moodie.
His work was initially published in England, before it was published in America. Frost is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. He received four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry and was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetical works. Frost was named Poet Laureate of Vermont on July 22, 1961. At the age of 86, he read his well-known poem "The Gift Outright" at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy on January 20, 1961.
In celebration of Robert Lee Frost, we would like to share one of his famous poems, "The Road Not Taken."
The Road Not Taken
By Robert Lee Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
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