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Suggested edit to "Legacy and cultural influence" section[edit]

Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is used as a plot device in the spy movie "Telefon" (1977). In the movie, "dormant" agents were "awakened" by reciting the last lines of the poem to them. In Tarantino's movie "Death Proof", the same code phrase is used, possibly as a reference/homage to Telefon. It might be worth mentioning it under "Legacy and cultural influence" (I have just re-signed up to Wikipedia and I don't seem to have the clearance to edit the article myself). Cheers! Slowtraveller lazywriter (talk) Marco - 16 Feb 2021

Robert Frost was the first poet to speak at the inauguration of a president, reciting from memory “The Gift Outright,” when the glare of the sun prevented him from reading “Dedication,” a poem he had written specially for the occasion. Surely this should be included. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:B050:1D01:78B4:B12C:791F:811F (talk) 11:22, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You would need a source to support the first-time-ness of it. Dhtwiki (talk) 02:25, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"October(poem)" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect October(poem) and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 April 6#October(poem) until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 19:10, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Adult Life, first line: "In 1894, he sold his first poem, "My Butterfly. An Elegy" (published in the November 8, 1894, edition of the New York Independent) for $15 ($470 today)." $15 in 1894 is over $500 today, not $470 ($501+ according to the CPI inflation calculator). 158.104.45.26 (talk) 07:57, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: This is handled with the inflation template. (${{Inflation|US|15|1894}} today) ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:14, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Most inflation measures are imprecise and the general ones cannot take account of variation in the value of different types of goods and services. £30 is only 6% of $500 anyway. Martinevans123 (talk) 11:19, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Correct spelling of Robert Frost's son's name[edit]

Robert Frost's son's name was Elliott, not Elliot. Please correct his spelling.

Here is a link to a photo of his tombstone. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27886938/elliott-frost PGleick (talk) 23:09, 1 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done – Dhtwiki (talk) 09:55, 2 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

About Robert Frost....[edit]

▪ Born - March 26,1874 ▪ Died -January 29,1963 49.205.143.63 (talk) 06:36, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Correction to daughter Irma's date of death[edit]

The correct date is 12 April 1981 (not 1967, as listed in the Personal Life section). Reference the Vermont Vital Records Department, the Frost family headstone, and multiple news article referring to Irma as living after 1967 100.36.107.197 (talk) 16:21, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]