It is the most famous poem in American literature, a staple of pop songs, newspaper columnists and valedictorian speeches. It is “The Road Not Taken” by Robert ... poet Edward Thomas. In 1912 ...

BERNARD DE VOTO put the contradiction simply: "You're a good poet, Robert ... Frost was 39 years old, his literary life began to tip giddily into a new dimension. He became, deservedly, famous.

There are no revelations in Love and Need, but Plunkett excels at bringing the poems to life with contextual details (such as the ones above) and literary resonances. Robert Frost in 1962.

Robert Frost ... Not Taken,” perhaps Frost’s most famous poem, after meeting a fork in the path. “And that has made all the difference.” His were, and still are, poems for everyone ...

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best ... Frost’s life like a responsible critic: sympathetic but not unduly so.” He focuses instead on the poetry ...

“On reading ‘My Butterfly,’ ” Adam Plunkett writes in his new Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetry ... “warm the frozen swamp as best it could / With the slow smokeless ...

More than six decades after Robert Frost’s death, “it’s hard to think of a better-known poet who is more difficult to know,” ...