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Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, California, in march 26 of 1874. He was born to journalist William Prescott Frost, Jr., and to Isabelle Moodie. His father descended from Nicholas Frost of Tiverton, Devon, England, who had sailed to New Hampshire in 1634 on the Wolfrana. His mother was from Scottish descent family Frost's father was a teacher and then later an editor of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin, this event was later merged into the San Francisco Examiner, and he was also an unsuccessful candidate for city tax collector. After the passing of his father in May 5, 1885, the family moved across the country to Lawrence, Massachusetts under the roof house of Robert's grandfather , William Frost, Sr.. William who was an overseer at a New England mill.
Frost graduated from Lawrence High School in 1892. Frost's mother joined the Swedenborgian church and had him baptized in it, but he left it as an adult. Despite his later association with rural life, Frost grew up in the city, and published his first couple of works in his high school's magazine. He attended Dartmouth College long enough to be accepted into the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Frost returned home to teach and to work at various jobs including delivering newspapers and factory labor. He did not enjoy these jobs not one bit, he felt his true calling as a poet.
So with that said in 1894 Frost sold his first poem “My Butterfly,” to The New York Independent for 15 dollars. On the strength of this accomplishment, he asked Elinor Miriam White, his high school co-valedictorian, to marry him but she refused. She rufused because she wanted to finish school before they married. He came back later that year and asked Elinor again; this time she accepted. They married in December 1895 and tried to make a career of teaching. He helped his mother manage a small private school in Lawrence, Massachusetts, where his first son was born. He spent two years at Harvard, but undergraduate study beacause it...
Frost graduated from Lawrence High School in 1892. Frost's mother joined the Swedenborgian church and had him baptized in it, but he left it as an adult. Despite his later association with rural life, Frost grew up in the city, and published his first couple of works in his high school's magazine. He attended Dartmouth College long enough to be accepted into the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Frost returned home to teach and to work at various jobs including delivering newspapers and factory labor. He did not enjoy these jobs not one bit, he felt his true calling as a poet.
So with that said in 1894 Frost sold his first poem “My Butterfly,” to The New York Independent for 15 dollars. On the strength of this accomplishment, he asked Elinor Miriam White, his high school co-valedictorian, to marry him but she refused. She rufused because she wanted to finish school before they married. He came back later that year and asked Elinor again; this time she accepted. They married in December 1895 and tried to make a career of teaching. He helped his mother manage a small private school in Lawrence, Massachusetts, where his first son was born. He spent two years at Harvard, but undergraduate study beacause it...
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