Robert Frost

Robert Frost

About Robert Frost

Robert Frost was one of the most celebrated poets of the 1900s. He was an American poet born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California. His father died from tuberculosis when Frost was 11, so his mother moved the rest of the family to Lawrence, Massachusetts. It was during his high school years that Frost became interested in poetry.

Frost never earned a formal college degree even though he attended both Dartmouth College and Harvard University.

His first poem, "My Butterfly," was published on November 8, 1894 in a New York newspaper, and he was paid $15 for it.

That following year he married Elinor Miriam White who was a major inspiration for his poetry. The couple moved to England in 1912 because they were unsuccessful with farming in the states. Frost was also not finding success with his writing, so the couple saw more opportunity in England because of the vast range of publishers. By the time they returned in 1915, Frost had already published two collections of poetry: A Boy's Well (1913) and North of Boston (1914).

Many of Frost's poems were inspired by the landscape and life in New England. A couple of his most famous poems are "The Road Not Taken" (1916) and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" (1925).

He cofounded the Bread Loaf School of English of Middlebury College, and he spent time teaching at a couple American campuses.

Robert Frost passed away in Boston on January 29, 1963.

Some Interesting Facts About Robert Frost

  1. Frost graduated high school as co-valedictorian with his future wife, Elinor Miriam White.
  2. He delivered a poem at President John F. Kennedy's inauguration. He prepared a special poem for the event, but because the sun was blinding, Frost recited "The Gift Outright" instead. President Kennedy did not want Frost to make a speech because he was so well liked that Kennedy was afraid Frost would inadvertently steal the spotlight.
  3. In 1955 a mountain in Vermont was named after Frost.
  4. He was awarded honorary degrees from more than 40 colleges and universities.
  5. Four out of six of Frost's children died before he did.
  6. The Robert Frost Farm in Derry, New Hampshire is open for tours.
  7. He was considered the unofficial poet laureate.
  8. Robert Frost won four Pulitzer Prizes.

References

    Poems by Robert Frost

  • Acquainted With The Night

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    in Famous Sad Poems

    I have been one acquainted with the night.
    I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.
    I have outwalked the furthest city light.

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    Each word of the poem is uttering its deep pain in the darkness of night. Highly weighted poem like any other poem of him. Only the one who has gone through this sea of sorrow can understand...

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  • Desert Places

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    Snow falling and night falling fast, oh, fast
    In a field I looked into going past,
    And the ground almost covered smooth in snow,
    But a few weeds and stubble showing last.

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    The time was 1958, the school Oak Park River Forest High, in a western suburb west of Chicago. The class was English Literature, and the teacher was Mildred Linden. After Christmas break, we...

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  • Nothing Gold Can Stay

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    Nature's first green is gold,
    Her hardest hue to hold.
    Her early leaf's a flower;
    But only so an hour.

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  • My November Guest

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    My Sorrow, when she's here with me,
    Thinks these dark days of autumn rain
    Are beautiful as days can be;
    She loves the bare, the withered tree;

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  • Out Out

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    in Famous Narrative Poems

    The buzz-saw snarled and rattled in the yard
    And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of wood,
    Sweet-scented stuff when the breeze drew across it.
    And from there those that lifted eyes could count

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