a prize known as the pulitzer prize for poetry is given eachyear in america.robert frost（american poet，—）won this prize four times—in and .noother american poet has won it so many times.
president john f.kennedy invited frost to read one of hispoems at his inauguration in january，。it was a cold，windy day，and the ceremony was held outdoors.the sun andthe wind blinded the old man's eyes，and the papers on which hehad the poem he was to read were blown to the ground.the dis－tinguished guests on the platform and the large crowd belowwere all wondering whether frost would be able to continue withthe reading.unable to see.he repeated from memory，in a strongvoice，some verses he had written in ，a patriotic poemcaued“the gift outright ”。the audience was moved both bythe poem itself and by the poet who had written it.
一种奖励优秀诗作的普利策奖每年一度在美国颁发。罗伯特·弗罗斯特（美国诗人，—）在年、年、年和年先后四次获得这项奖金。没有任何其他美国诗人曾经这样多次地获得这一项奖。
年月，约翰·费·肯尼迪总统邀请弗罗斯特在他的就职典礼上朗诵他的一首诗。那天天冷风大，而典礼是在户外举行的。日晒风吹把这位老人弄得两眼昏花，他把要朗诵的诗写在纸上，而那张纸又被吹落在地。台上的贵宾和台下的人群都怀疑弗罗斯特能否继续朗诵下去。由于不能看稿子，他就凭记忆以高昂的声音背诵了他在年写的题为“纯粹的天资”的爱国诗篇中的一些句子。听众被诗和写诗的人感动了。