![]() ![]() The first line of "Stopping By Woods" ("Whose woods these are I think I know") and the final, haunting line ("And miles to go before I sleep") are instantly familiar to millions of Americans. They were memorized by school children and recited at countless graduations. He hit his prime as a poet here, she said.įrost's poems, with their simple rhymes, stories, evocations of rural life and sometimes dark allusions, were immensely popular in the 20th century. "This was a very important property for him and an important time in his life," said Megan Mayhew Bergman, director of the Robert Frost Stone House Museum at Bennington College. ![]() ![]() That house, including the 7-acre grounds with rugged old stone walls, a barn and some of the heirloom apple trees from Frost's orchard, is now open again as a museum under the ownership of Bennington College. On a warm June morning in 1922, Robert Frost sat down at his dining room table in southern Vermont and wrote " Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," one of his most famous poems. (Lisa Rathke/AP) This article is more than 4 years old. The Robert Frost Stone House Museum in Shaftsbury, Vermont is now owned by Bennington College. ![]()
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