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  2. After Apple-Picking - Wikipedia

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    "After Apple-Picking" is a poem by American poet Robert Frost. It was published in 1914 in North of Boston, Frost's second poetry collection. [1] The poem, 42 lines in length, does not strictly follow a particular form (instead consisting of mixed iambs), nor does it follow a standard rhyme scheme.

  3. Birches (poem) - Wikipedia

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    In writing this poem, Frost was inspired by his childhood experience with swinging on birches, which was a popular game for children in rural areas of New England during the time. Frost's own children were avid "birch swingers", as demonstrated by a selection from his daughter Lesley's journal: "On the way home, i climbed up a high birch and ...

  4. North of Boston - Wikipedia

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    North of Boston is a poetry collection by Robert Frost, first published in 1914 by David Nutt, in London. Most of the poems resemble short dramas or dialogues. It is also called a book of people because most of the poems deal with New England themes and Yankee farmers. Ezra Pound wrote a review of this collection in 1914. Despite it being ...

  5. List of poems by Robert Frost - Wikipedia

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    Handwritten version of 'Happiness Makes Up in Height For What It Lacks in Length' by Robert Frost. Found inscribed in a Robert Frost book in the Special Collections Library at Duke University. Date of signature in the book predates formal release in publication of the poem. The Gift Outright; The Most of It; Come In; All Revelation [2] A ...

  6. For John F. Kennedy His Inauguration - Wikipedia

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    Frost noted that this was the first time a poem had been read at a presidential inauguration, a trend which would continue. This was an historical milestone because it united poetry with politics. He made allusion to Kennedy's book Profiles in Courage as indicative of the courageous political leader that Kennedy exemplified.

  7. Nothing Gold Can Stay (poem) - Wikipedia

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    "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is a short poem written by Robert Frost in 1923 and published in The Yale Review in October of that year. It was later published in the collection New Hampshire (1923), [1] which earned Frost the 1924 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. The poem lapsed into public domain in 2019. [2]

  8. Your seasonal guide to the best apple picking in the Hudson ...

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    Aside from apple picking, guests can visit the farm stand, open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., the Farm Bar and Tasting Room, open weekends noon to 6 p.m. and the Weekend Pop-Up Market, ...

  9. The Gift Outright - Wikipedia

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    It was collected in Frost's volume A Witness Tree [2] in 1943. According to Jeffrey S. Cramer the poem may have been written as early as 1936. [1] [3] Frost was a big lover of his country, and wrote many poems about American life, culture, beliefs, etc. "His poem, ‘The Gift Outright', reveals his patriotic fervor and presents the history of ...