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References to Robert Frost and his poetry in other works

All the Roofs of Uncertainty: Jason quotes "The Death of the Hired Man" when he stops in the kitchen gardens as he returns to the manor, considering the fact that they do not have to let him back, he is surprised when Alfred responds with a quote of his own:
Jason: Home is where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.
Alfred: I would have called it, rather, something you haven't somehow to deserve

Dead Poets Society: Professor Keating quotes "The Road Not Taken" in the scene where he has the class walking outside to prove they shouldn't always conform to what society expects of them, or of what's popular.
Molly's Game: A drunk Douglas is mangling "The Road Not Taken" in this scene:
Douglas: There's a poem...a famous...uh...a poem about thoughts left unexpressed. "Two roads emerged from the woods. Do they explode? I dunno". You like poetry?
Molly: I did until a second ago.
Telefon. The final lines of "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is the Trigger Phrase to activate the Manchurian Agents.

The Dresden Files: In the final chapter of Skin Game, Harry tells Molly that “Home is where, when you go there and tell people to get out, they have to leave.” A twisted version of "The Death of the Hired Man", by way of the already slightly altered Shout-Out to the poem from The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold.
The Outsiders: The Robert Frost poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay", read out loud by Ponyboy, inspires the Arc Words.
Twilight: Eclipse opens with an Epigraph of "Fire and Ice". In the film adaptation, it's a voice-over of Bella reading the poem.
Vampire High: The school principal disapproves of Cody mingling with the jenti, quoting Frost's "Mending Wall" at him: "Good fences make good neighbors." Cody retorts by pointing out that the poem also says, "Something there is that doesn't love a wall".

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A bit of Frost's "The Death of the Hired Man" is used for a Twisted Echo Cut in "Pangs"
Riley: What's the line? Home's the place that, when you have to go there...
Buffy: They have to take you in.
[Cut to Harmony glaring at Spike]
Harmony: Get out!
M*A*S*H: In the tenth season episode "Wheelers and Dealers", Col. Potter paraphrases "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" to get Klinger to do laundry inventory ("You have promises to keep, and piles to go before you sleep").