During his lifetime, he was a highly esteemed poet of the 20th century. He was granted with a record of four Pulitzer Prizes in the years 1924 for “New Hampshire”, 1931 for “Collected Poems”, 1937 for “Further Range” and 1943 for “A Witness” (Parini 23) . He was awarded a Gold Medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters in the year 1938 as well as a silver Medal of the Poetry Society of America in 1938. In 1950, he was given the Huntington Hartford Foundation award. What many people would arguably agree is that his highlight was when he performed at the inauguration of John Fitzgerald Kennedy ceremony in 1961. Other recognized awards were the Loines Prize for Poetry in 1931, the Mark Twaine Medal in 1937, and he was a chosen Pot Laureate of Vermont by The State League of Women’s Clubs.