Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting ... Read it a hundred times; it will forever keep its freshness as a metal k… - Robert Frost

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Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting ... Read it a hundred times; it will forever keep its freshness as a metal keeps its fragrance. It can never lose its sense of a meaning that once unfolded by surprise as it went.

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About Robert Frost

Robert Lee Frost (26 March 1874 – 29 January 1963) was an American poet; winner of four Pulitzer Prizes.

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Alternative Names: Robert Lee Frost
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Like a piece of ice on a hot stove the poem must ride on its own melting.
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From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
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I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
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