Robert Frost

"Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting. . . . Read it a hundred times; it will forever keep its freshness as a metal keeps its fragrance. It can never lose its sense of a meaning that once unfolded by surprise as it went."

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Source: Robert Frost, Mark Richardson (2007). “The Collected Prose of Robert Frost”, p.133, Harvard University Press

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Robert Frost

Robert Frost

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Robert Frost was an American poet known for his vivid depictions of rural life and profound insights into human nature, particularly in works like 'The Road Not Taken.'

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