Robert Frost: A True Hero of Our Age Robert Lee Frost, one of America's leading Twentieth century poets and a four time Pulitzer Prize winner, was born in San Francisco in March of 1874. Although born on the West Coast, he is usually associated with New England in his poetry. He is a Brilliant writer whose works traditional and universal. His life's ambition was to write "a few poems that will be hard to get rid …showed first 75 words of 1463 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1463 total… natural environment relates to how difficult it is for the self to understand existence. The simplicity in Frost's poems opens the door for many different interpretations. Frost through the selection of key words which effectively embodie the central meaning of the poem and also prompts the reader to look beyond the surface meaning of the language. This leads to the reader discovering deeper truth and attaining greater understanding of three of his obsessive themes.