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Robert Frost

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The only thing that is constant in the world is change. As Homosapiens have progressed from primitive hunter gatherers to the biggest apex predators on the planet, nothing has stayed the same. Some epochs were plagued with war and famine while others spurred immeasurable innovation. From infinitesimal events to yearlong world wars, time has managed to converge to this specific point in the present. Yet technological progress in the forms of snappier smartphones and virtual reality goggles have allowed today’s inhabitants to forget about real reality and the countless events that have shaped it. Robert Frost reminds us that time’s cyclical holds both healing and destructive properties in his eloquent poem “Spring Pools.” Robert Frost was born in San Francisco on March 26, 1874. He was a farmer, a father of six children, but important of all he was a poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic portrayals of rural life and his mastery of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed scenarios of rural life in New England at the beginning of the 20th century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical issues. Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer prizes for poetry and even a Nobel Prize nominee in literature. He published “Spring Pools” in 1929 inside a volume of poems titled West Running Brook. During this time Frost taught English at Amherst College in Massachusetts. He called his simplistic use of language as “the

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