TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, 黄色的丛林里分出两条路， And sorry I could not travel both 可惜我不能同时涉足， And be one traveler, long I stood 我站在那路口久久伫立， And looked down one as far as I could 向着一条路极目望去， To where it bent in the undergrowth; 直到它隐没在丛林深处。 Then took the other, as just as fair, 然而我选择了另一条路， And having perhaps the better claim, 它荒草萋萋，十分幽静， Because it was grassy and wanted wear; 显得更诱人，更美丽；,-The Road Not Taken,Robert Frost,Robert Frost(1874-1963),4 Pulitzer Prizes(普利策奖 ) read poetry at a presidential inauguration. received honorary degrees from 44 colleges unofficial poet Laureate, one of the most celebrated Americans modernist poets,“Modernist Poet” ? (P197),Robert Frost stood consciously aside from theModernist endeavor of his time;At the bottom of his heart, he was a modern man, keeping in step with the spirit of his time;Although Frost depicts mostly New England landscape, those scenes of rural life often reflect thefragmentization of modern experience.,Brief Introduction,In 1912, he and his family moved to England, where he found a publisher for his first book of verse, A boys will (1913) In 1914, Frosts second book, North of Boston, was published by David Nutt. Then he determined to win recognition in his native land.In 1915, Frost relocated his family to Franconia, New Hampshire. American editions of his first two poetry books were published by Henry Holt and Company.,1963 Robert Lee Frost died on January 29 in Boston. He was buried with Elinor and other family members in the Old Bennington Cemetery in Bennington, Vermont.,“I had a lovers quarrel with the world.”Frosts epitaph,Main Works,Collection of poems: A Boys Will 1913 North of Boston, 1914 Mountain Interval, 1916 New Hampshire 1923 Collected Poems 1930 A Further Range 1936 A Witness Tree 1942 ,Poems:Birches 白桦After Apple-Picking摘罢苹果 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening 雪夜伫立林边有感 The Road Not Taken 未选择的路 ,Arkey Works,Frosts View and Theme,1. His poetry concerns New Englands nature. He saw nature as a storehouse of analogy and symbol, so his concern with nature reflected deep moral uncertainties.2. His poetry often probes mysterious of darkness and irrationality in the bleak and chaotic landscapes of an indifferent university,Arkey Works,Frosts View and Theme,3. The quest of the solitary person to make sense of the world has become the central theme of all Frosts collections and made his poetry among the most accessible ofmodern writers.4. The poetry of Robert Frost combined pastoral imagery with solitary philosophical themes.,Frosts Style,Rejected the revolutionary poetic principles of his contemporaries, used traditional forms such as the blank verse, plain language of rural New Englanders, and a graceful style.There is a steady tone of wry humor, and a virtually inexhaustible verbal grace. He used symbols from everyday country life to express his deep ideas.As a whole, Frosts art is an act of clarification, which, without simplifying the truth, renders it in some degree accessible to everyone.,About Poetry,Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. Poetry is what gets lost in translation. Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance. Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat. A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.,About Life,The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work. Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor. In three words I can sum up everything Ive learned about life: it goes on. I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old.,About Frost,Im not a teacher, but an awakener. I am a writer of books in retrospect. I talk in order to understand; I teach in order to learn. I never dared to be radical when young for fear it would make me conservative when old. Im not confused. Im just well mixed.,Thank You ！,