{"id":478,"date":"2017-05-10T22:22:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T22:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-hccc-americanlit2\/?post_type=chapter&p=478"},"modified":"2017-05-10T22:22:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T22:22:56","slug":"robert-frost-the-lockless-door-1920","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-english2\/chapter\/robert-frost-the-lockless-door-1920\/","title":{"raw":"Robert Frost, \"The Lockless Door,\" 1920","rendered":"Robert Frost, “The Lockless Door,” 1920"},"content":{"raw":"

It went many years,\nBut at last came a knock,\nAnd I thought of the door\nWith no lock to lock.\n\nI blew out the light,\nI tip-toed the floor,\nAnd raised both hands\nIn prayer to the door.\n\nBut the knock came again\nMy window was wide;\nI climbed on the sill\nAnd descended outside.\n\nBack over the sill\nI bade a \u201cCome in\u201d\nTo whoever the knock\nAt the door may have been.\n\nSo at a knock\nI emptied my cage\nTo hide in the world\nAnd alter with age.\n\n\u00a0\n<\/p>

Robert Lee Frost<\/b> (March 26, 1874\u00a0\u2013 January 29, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. One of the most popular and critically respected American poets of the twentieth century,\u00a0Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He became one of America's rare \"public literary figures, almost an artistic institution.\"\u00a0He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works. On July 22, 1961, Frost was named poet laureate of Vermont.<\/div>","rendered":"

It went many years,
\nBut at last came a knock,
\nAnd I thought of the door
\nWith no lock to lock.<\/p>\n

I blew out the light,
\nI tip-toed the floor,
\nAnd raised both hands
\nIn prayer to the door.<\/p>\n

But the knock came again
\nMy window was wide;
\nI climbed on the sill
\nAnd descended outside.<\/p>\n

Back over the sill
\nI bade a \u201cCome in\u201d
\nTo whoever the knock
\nAt the door may have been.<\/p>\n

So at a knock
\nI emptied my cage
\nTo hide in the world
\nAnd alter with age.<\/p>\n

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Robert Lee Frost<\/b> (March 26, 1874\u00a0\u2013 January 29, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. One of the most popular and critically respected American poets of the twentieth century,\u00a0Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He became one of America’s rare “public literary figures, almost an artistic institution.”\u00a0He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works. On July 22, 1961, Frost was named poet laureate of Vermont.<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t
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