In Robert Frost's poem Nothing Gold Can Stay he says "Nature's first green is gold" and this alludes to the period in which he was technically born, to realism, but he lived most of his life in the Modernist Period. The period of Modernism was a time when people believed that the security once provided by politics, religion, or society no longer worked. This idea was very strong after the First World War. “It seemed to many that history itself was coming to an end and that modern life was horrible, chaotic and ultimately pointless.” (American Novel 2). Robert Frost's calm images alluded to the darkest truths hidden, Frost's personal life was hidden by his poetry. Frost had the ability to speak to ordinary people and scholars in simple but poetic language and could observe ordinary events with wit and irony. (Salam 2) This contribution is much appreciated because people get bored of people who speak simply. This is very significant because without this the modernist era would follow the same kind of behavior as all other eras; for example, during the American Realist period most writings were about the Civil War. Frost also won the Pulitzer Prize four times. One was for “New Hampshire,” the others were Collected Poems, A Further Range, and A Witness Tree. (Arments 1) There are billions of people who love what Robert Frost brought to the literary table, but there are some who don't. In The Terror in Robert Frost by William Stafford, Stafford talks about how Frost was an emblem. Frost spent hours memorizing a poem written for his inaugural, but couldn't finish it. Frost said he was ashamed. But Frost got the world's attention and moved on. Frost was Thirty-Nine Ye... in the center of the paper... solved by, and that made a difference” this is my favorite because our lives depend on the decisions we make. Works Cited" The American Novel. Literary Chronology. - PBS. 2007. May 7. 2014Armenti, Pietro, comp. "Robert Frost: Online Resources." Library of Congress. Np, January 30, 2013. Web. May 22, 2014. .Beacham , Walton. “Critical Survey of Poetry: American Poets.” America: History and Life, January 2011. Web. 22 May 2014. .Stafford, William. “The Terror in Robert Frost.” Editorial. New York Times, 18 August 1974. Web. 15 May 2014. .