Robert Frost
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- proper noun
- /ˈroʊbərt frɔst/
- And I said that, for instance, we might have to give up the Robert Frost poem that the English department has been using for years, and you'd think I said we had to cut out someone's heart.
- Robert Frost poem
Examples
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Let us pursue a Blakean—and a Rossian—analysis of a deceptively simple little poem by Robert Frost, "Nothing Gold Can Stay": PREFORMATTED TABLE
Academic text (2006) -
One of my favorite poems is Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken."
Blog text (22) -
If Whitman, Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, or T.S. Eliot (for example) had died at the same age, they would have left nothing... or a few interesting fragments.
Blog text (22) -
"Poems by well-known authors such as Lewis Carroll, Edgar Allan Poe, Joyce Kilmer, and Robert Frost are used in parody.
Academic text (2006) -
Robert Frost was a famous American poet.
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One of my favorite poems is Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken."
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Robert Frost's poetry often reflects the beauty of rural life in New England.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Robert + Frost
This is a proper name referring to a specific individual; knowing the constituents 'Robert' (a given name) and 'frost' (a weather-related noun) does not allow a learner to infer that the phrase denotes an American poet. Proper names are referential and arbitrary across languages, so the meaning must be learned from exposure rather than composed from the parts.
Etymology
Robert Frost is an American 'poet' whose last name gives a clear image: think of frost on a cold New England morning and quiet country roads. Many of his poems describe rural life and nature, so the picture of 'frost' helps you remember him as the writer of 'New England' country scenes.