In Robert Frost's poem Nothing Gold Can Stay he says "Nature's first green is gold" and this alludes to the time period in which he was technically born, the realism, but he lived most of his life in the Modernism period. The period of modernism was a time when people believed that the assurance 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 futile. » (American novel 2). Robert Frost's calm images hinted at the darker truths that lie beneath, 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 he could observe ordinary events with wit and irony. (Salam 2) This contribution is very appreciated because people are tired of people who simply talk. This is very significant because without it, the modernist era would follow the same kind of approach as all other eras; for example, during the period of American Realism, the majority of writing focused on 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. (Armenti 1) There are billions of people who love what Robert Frost brought to literature, but there are others who don't. In The Terror of Robert Frost by William Stafford, Stafford explains how Frost was an icon. Frost spent hours memorizing a poem written for his inaugural ceremony, but was unable to finish it. Frost said he was ashamed. But Frost caught the world's attention and kept going. Frost was thirty-nine years old... middle of paper... and that made all the difference. "It's my favorite because our lives come down to the decisions we make. Works Cited" The Literary Chronology of the American Novel... - PBS. 2007. May 7. 2014Armenti, Peter, 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. EBSCO, January 2011. Web. May 22, 2014. .Stafford, William. “The Terror of Robert Frost.” Editorial. New York Times. New York Times, August 18, 1974. Web. May 15 2014. .