# Robert Frost | ![img \|150](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Robert_Frost_NYWTS_4.jpg/320px-Robert_Frost_NYWTS_4.jpg) | Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech, Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. | |-|-| | | wikipedia:: [Robert Frost](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Frost) | [[The Road Not Taken]] [[Carpe Diem by Robert Frost]] ## From "Birches"[34] > I'd like to get away from earth awhile > And then come back to it and begin over. > May no fate willfully misunderstand me > And half grant what I wish and snatch me away > Not to return. Earth's the right place for love: > I don't know where it's likely to go better. > I'd like to go by climbing a birch tree, > And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk > Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more, > But dipped its top and set me down again. > That would be good both going and coming back. > One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.