Robert Frost
/ˌrɒbət ˈfrɒst/
/ˌrɑːbərt ˈfrɔːst/
- (1874-1963) a US poet who won four Pulitzer Prizes. He is best known for his poems about the countryside. From 1912 to 1915 Frost lived in England where he wrote A Boy's Will (1913). He then settled in the US state of New Hampshire and wrote about New England. His books of poetry include A Witness Tree (1942) and In the Clearing (1962). His best-known poems are Mending Wall and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. At the age of 87, Frost read his poem A Gift Outright at the 1962 inauguration of John F Kennedy (= the ceremony at which he was formally made President). “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –I took the one less travelled by,And that has made all the difference.”
（1874-1963）美国诗人，四次获得普利策奖。他以描写乡村的诗而闻名。 1912 年至 1915 年间，弗罗斯特居住在英国，并在那里创作了《男孩的遗嘱》（A Boy's Will，1913）。然后他定居在美国新罕布什尔州并撰写有关新英格兰的文章。他的诗集包括《见证树》（A Witness Tree，1942）和《在空地上》（In the Clearing，1962）。他最著名的诗是《补墙》和《雪夜林间停》。 87 岁时，弗罗斯特在 1962 年约翰·F·肯尼迪就职典礼（他正式就任总统的仪式）上朗读了他的诗《一份礼物》。 “树林里有两条路分叉，我选择了那条人迹罕至的路，这让一切变得不同。” 罗伯特·弗罗斯特 《未走的路》