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==Legacy and cultural influence== [[File:RF Hall.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|Robert Frost Hall at [[Southern New Hampshire University]]]]<!-- Some of the items listed below take from the particular poems' articles --> * Robert Frost Hall is an academic building at [[Southern New Hampshire University]] in [[Manchester, New Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite web|title=History|url=http://www.snhu.edu/about-us/leadership-and-history/history|access-date=September 6, 2017|publisher=Southern New Hampshire University}}</ref> * In the early morning of November 23, 1963, [[Westinghouse Broadcasting]]'s Sid Davis reported the arrival of President [[John F. Kennedy]]'s casket at the [[White House]]. Since Frost was one of the President's favorite poets, Davis concluded his report with a passage from "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", but was overcome with emotion as he signed off.<ref>{{cite web|title=My Brush with History - "We Heard the Shots β¦": Aboard the Press Bus in Dallas 40 Years Ago|url=http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/navmedmpte/courses/Documents/My_Brush_with_History.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926223807/http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/navmedmpte/courses/Documents/My_Brush_with_History.pdf|archive-date=September 26, 2012|access-date=June 30, 2013|website=med.navy.mil}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Davis|first1=Sid|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lqx868HQXpAC&q=%22Sid+Davis%22+kennedy&pg=PA173|title=President Kennedy Has Been Shot: Experience The Moment-to-Moment Account of The Four Days That Changed America|last2=Bennett|first2=Susan|last3=Trost|first3=Catherine βCathyβ|last4=Rather|first4=Daniel βDanβ Irvin Jr|publisher=Sourcebooks|year=2004|isbn=1-4022-0317-9|edition=illustrated|series=Newseum|location=Naperville, [[Illinois|IL]]|page=173|chapter=Return To The White House|access-date=December 10, 2011|via=Google Books}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] (1889β1964), the first Prime Minister of India, had kept a book of Robert Frost's close to him towards his later years, even at his bedside table as he lay dying.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.footwa.com/and-miles-to-go-before-i-sleep/2187/|title = And miles to go before I sleep|date = October 9, 2011}}</ref> * The poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is featured in both the 1967 novel ''[[The Outsiders (novel)|The Outsiders]]'' by [[S. E. Hinton]] and the [[The Outsiders (film)|1983 film adaptation]], first recited aloud by the character Ponyboy to his friend Johnny. In a subsequent scene Johnny quotes a stanza from the poem back to Ponyboy by means of a letter which was read after he passes away. * His poem "[[Fire and Ice (poem)|Fire and Ice]]" influenced the title and other aspects of [[George R. R. Martin]]'s fantasy series ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adriasnews.com/2012/10/george-r-r-martin-interview.html?spref=tw|title=George R.R. Martin: "Trying to please everyone is a horrible mistake"|website=www.adriasnews.com|access-date=March 22, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://interestingliterature.com/2014/05/06/five-fascinating-facts-about-game-of-thrones/|title=Five Fascinating Facts about Game of Thrones|date=May 6, 2014|work=Interesting Literature|access-date=March 22, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> * ''[[Nothing Gold Can Stay (album)|Nothing Gold Can Stay]]'' is the name of the debut [[studio album]] by American [[pop-punk]] band [[New Found Glory]], released on October 19, 1999.<ref>{{cite web|title=MUSIC {{!}} New Found Glory|url=http://www.newfoundglory.com/music/|access-date=August 3, 2016|website=www.newfoundglory.com|archive-date=July 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729103841/http://www.newfoundglory.com/music/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * At the funeral of former Canadian prime minister [[Pierre Trudeau]], on October 3, 2000, his eldest son [[Justin Trudeau|Justin]] rephrased the last stanza of the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" in his eulogy: "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. He has kept his promises and earned his sleep."<ref>{{cite web|date=October 3, 2000|title=Justin Trudeau's eulogy|url=http://archives.cbc.ca/on_this_day/10/03/|access-date=December 10, 2011|work=On This Day|publisher=[[CBC Radio]]|location=Toronto, [[Ontario]], Canada}}</ref> * A ''[[Garfield]]'' comic strip published on October 20, 2002, originally featured the titular character reciting "Nothing Gold Can Stay".<ref name="mezzacotta">{{cite web|title=No. 2799: Original, Original Strip|url=https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2799|access-date=November 26, 2019|website=mezzacotta}}</ref> However, this was replaced in book collections and online edition,<ref name="Garfield.com">{{cite web|title=Daily Comic Strip on October 20th, 2002|url=https://garfield.com/comic/2002/10/20|website=Garfield.com}}</ref> likely due to the poem being still under copyright when the comic ran (the poem has since lapsed into public domain, in 2019).<ref name="englewoodreview1">{{cite web|title=Robert Frost β 5 Poems from NEW HAMPSHIRE (Newly released to the Public Domain)|url=http://englewoodreview.org/robert-frost-5-poems-from-new-hampshire/5/|access-date=November 26, 2019|website=Englewood Review of Books|date=February 2019}}</ref> * The poem "Fire and Ice" is the epigraph of [[Stephenie Meyer]]'s 2007 book, ''[[Eclipse (Meyer novel)|Eclipse]]'', of the [[Twilight (novel series)|''Twilight'' Saga]]. It is also read by [[Kristen Stewart]]'s character, [[Bella Swan]], at the beginning of the 2010 [[The Twilight Saga: Eclipse|''Eclipse'' film]]. * "Nothing Gold Can Stay" is referenced in [[First Aid Kit (band)|First Aid Kit's]] 2014 album ''[[Stay Gold (First Aid Kit album)|Stay Gold]]'': "But just as the moon it shall stray / So dawn goes down today / No gold can stay / No gold can stay."<ref>{{cite web|author=Stephen M. Deusner|date=June 12, 2014|title=First Aid Kit: Stay Gold Album Review|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/19342-first-aid-kit-stay-gold/|access-date=October 6, 2016|work=Pitchfork}}</ref> * "Nothing Gold Can Stay" (February 4, 2015) is the title given to the tenth episode of the [[The Mentalist (season 7)|seventh season]] of ''[[The Mentalist]]'' in which a character is killed. * The character of Baron Quinn recites "Fire and Ice" in an episode of AMC's ''[[Into the Badlands (TV series)|Into the Badlands]]''. * Verses of "Fire and Ice" are referenced and recited throughout the 2017 episodic video game ''[[Life Is Strange: Before the Storm]]''. * The line "Nothing gold can stay" is featured in the 2018 single "[[Venice Bitch]]" by American singer [[Lana Del Rey]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lana Del Rey β Venice Bitch Lyrics | Genius Lyrics|date=September 17, 2018 |url=https://genius.com/Lana-del-rey-venice-bitch-lyrics|access-date=December 29, 2019|publisher=Genius.com}}</ref> Del Rey also previously used this line in her 2015 single "[[Music to Watch Boys To]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Lana Del Rey β Music To Watch Boys To Lyrics | Genius Lyrics|url=https://genius.com/Lana-del-rey-music-to-watch-boys-to-lyrics|access-date=January 1, 2020|publisher=Genius.com}}</ref> One of the original collections of Frost materials, which he personally helped compile, is held in the Special Collections department of the [[Jones Library]] in Amherst, Massachusetts. The collection consists of approximately twelve thousand items, including original manuscript poems and letters, correspondence, photographs, and audio and visual recordings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.joneslibrary.org/specialcollections/collections/frost/frost_print.html#contact |title=Robert Frost Collection |publisher=Jones Library, Inc. website, Amherst, Massachusetts |access-date=March 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612052023/http://www.joneslibrary.org/specialcollections/collections/frost/frost_print.html#contact |archive-date=June 12, 2009 }}</ref> The Archives and Special Collections at Amherst College holds a small collection of his papers. The University of Michigan Library holds the Robert Frost Family Collection of manuscripts, photographs, printed items, and artwork.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=sclead&idno=umich-scl-frostfamily | title=Robert Frost Family Collection 1923-1988 }}</ref> The most significant collection of Frost's working manuscripts is held by Dartmouth.
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