RobertLeeFrost罗伯特弗罗斯特简介

1、 LifeBorn in San Francisco, California, was of New England parentage.When he was ten, his father died and his mother took him back to Massachusetts. In 1894 he sold his first poem, “My Butterfly: An Elegy”(20) He married Elinor Miriam White at Lawrence, Massachusetts on December 19, 1895.(21)He ente

2、red college twice, Dartmouth and Harvard. Frost studied at Harvard for two years(18971899), but left without receiving a degree due to family problems and poor health.Roberts grandfather purchaseda farmfor Robert and Elinor in New Hampshire, and Robert worked the farm for nine years, while producing

3、 many of the poems that would later become famous.In 1912 Frost took his and four young children to England, where he published his first book of poems, “A Boys Will”少年的少年的意志意志(1913), which immediately won him a recognition he had not found in America.(39)He made some important acquaintances there.

4、After that he published “North of Boston”波士顿以北波士顿以北，which was highly praised by British critics.As World War I began, Frost returned to America in 1915 and bought a farm in Franconia, New Hampshire, where he launched a career of writing, teaching, and lecturing.(41) Some famous poems The Road Not Ta

5、ken未选择的路 Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening 雪夜林边驻脚 Fire and Ice火与冰 Mending Wall补墙 Nothing Gold Can Stay美景易逝 The Birches白桦树The Books of PoetryNew Hampshire 新罕布什尔新罕布什尔Collected Poems 诗歌精选诗歌精选A Further Range 又一片牧场又一片牧场A Witness Tree 见证树见证树Characters of his poemsFrosts poems show deep appreciation of

6、natural world and sensibility about the human aspirations. All the images (woods, stars, houses) he uses reflect the poets love for nature and life, his sad experience in life and the influence religion exerted upon western peoples daily life. He is a poet of profound simplicity(朴素朴素). He did not wr

7、ite free verse but in the traditional metrical (韵律的韵律的) forms-rhymed stanzas and blank verse.He used the old forms in a new way.His poetic language was plain, clearly conveying a feeling in harmony with nature. He seemed universally calm and controlled, standing in the middle of the road viewing goo

8、d and evil, beautiful and ugly.In his view, a poem “begins in delight and ends in wisdom”.诗要诗要“兴于喜悦，而终于彻悟兴于喜悦，而终于彻悟” AchievementsIn 1930 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.In 1958 he was poetry consultant for the Library of CongressFrost was awarded the Pulitzer (普利策奖普利策奖) fo

9、ur times and received honorary degrees(名誉学位名誉学位) from 44 colleges and universities.In 1961 he was invited to read his poetry at the inauguration(就职典礼就职典礼) of President John F. Kennedy.” The Gift Outright ”全全才才At the time of his death on January 29,1963, Frost was considered as a kind of unofficial p

10、oet laureate(桂冠诗人桂冠诗人) of the US.I had a lovers quarrel with the world.我和这个世界有过情人般的争吵我和这个世界有过情人般的争吵。Together wing to wing, and oar to oar.在天比翼，在地同舟在天比翼，在地同舟。 雪夜林边驻脚雪夜林边驻脚想来我认识这座森林，想来我认识这座森林，林主的庄宅就在邻村林主的庄宅就在邻村,却不会见我在此驻马，却不会见我在此驻马，看他林中积雪的美景。看他林中积雪的美景。我的小马一定颇惊讶：我的小马一定颇惊讶：四望不见有什么农家，四望不见有什么农家，偏是一年最暗的黄昏，偏

11、是一年最暗的黄昏，寒林和冰湖之间停下。寒林和冰湖之间停下。它摇一摇身上的串铃，它摇一摇身上的串铃，问我这地方该不该停。问我这地方该不该停。此外只有轻风拂雪片，此外只有轻风拂雪片，再也听不见其他声音。再也听不见其他声音。森林又暗又深真可羡，森林又暗又深真可羡，但我还要守一些诺言，但我还要守一些诺言，还要赶多少路才安眠，还要赶多少路才安眠，还要赶多少路才安眠还要赶多少路才安眠Stopping By Woods on a Snowy EveningWhose woods these are I think I know, His house is in the village though. He will not see me stopping here, To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer, To stop without a farmhouse near, Between the woods and frozen lake, The darkest evening of the year. He gives his harness bells a shake, To ask if there is some mistake. The o