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ferent life, as a poet. Frost lived his life the way he wanted, as a poet. It turned out very good for him. Frost won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry four times. Also as I mentioned before, he spoke at President Kennedy's inauguration and the United Stated Congress voted him a citation in 1950 for his help to American thought and enlightenment and his images of American people.(Richards P.17)Another poem that is a trademark of Frost is the poem "Mending Wall". Frost writes this poem when he is in England. This poem is a reflection of the days when he is living on his farm in New Hampshire. This poem is about two neighbors who every year fix the stone wall that separates their property. What makes the poem somewhat ironic is that the neighbors really don't speak to each other or for that matter even like each other very much. Yet every year the two neighbors fix the wall together. One of the famous lines in this poem is "Good fences make good neighbors." To me that line seems a bit derogatory. Saying "Good fences make good neighbors" is like saying that you'd rather have a fence for a neighbor than a human being. To me that is a little irritating. The quote displays that some people really don't like many other people. Frost probably felt that his neighbor did not like him. His neighbor must have tolerated him because every year they mended the wall and I think in the process mended their friendship a little too. (Richards P.67)Robert Frost is a poet that is known for his imagery. He has written many poems about nature. One famous one is "Stopping by woods on a snowy evening." In this poem Frost admires the white blanket of snow that has covered the woods. It is known that Frost loved the long New England winters and this poem just proves the point even more. (Frost P. 224)"Stopping by woods on a snowy evening"Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watc...

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