Nevertheless, for this poem, and for the first time in his career, Frost got paid—$15, by the editor of a New York weekly called The Independent. “On reading ‘My Butterfly,’ ” Adam Plunkett writes in ...

Sometimes seen as the stuff of commencement addresses, his poems are hard to pin down—just like the man behind them.

At the end of his life, Robert Frost was ... of a recuperation of the poet by reminding us that Frost’s fierceness is also a source of the considerable power of his work. There are no ...

The Wild Afterlife of Your Trash’ by Alexander Clapp “There is a reason why Mafia bosses tend to work in ‘waste management,’” ...

The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetry,” critic Adam Plunkett wrestles with how to fit the mercurial work (no American poet shifts tones so suddenly or subtly as Frost) with the mercurial life.

Frost’s approachable verse and appealing rural subjects brought him legions of admirers. His personal life was shot through with pain.

Sometimes things live up to their name. Take Robert Frost. The four-time-Pulitzer-winning poet is known for his wintry poem "Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening." (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING ...

“On reading ‘My Butterfly,’ ” Adam Plunkett writes in his new Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetry ... is to be had by using the power of imagination to contemplate ...