Why Is Robert Lee Frost A Transitional Poet?

The “transitional poet” of the world known as Robert Lee Frost was born in San Francisco, California on March 26, 1874. His parents Isabelle Moodie and William Prescott Frost, Jr. Frost’s father was a journalist, teacher, and editor which helped contribute to Frost’s interest in literature and his later poetry career. Frost’s father died on May 5, 1885 from tuberculosis soon after the family moved across the country to Lawrence, Massachusetts with his grandfather, William Frost, Sr. Frost had troubles in school in the very early stages of his life; he continued to drop out of school to be homeschooled till his upper years. Frost then went on to graduate from Lawrence High School in 1892 as co-valedictorian (along with his future wife). While in high school, Frost’s mother had him baptized at Swedenborgian Church which he later left as an adult. Frost grew up in the city despite his later association with rural life and published his first poem in his high school’s newspaper. After high school, Frost was at Dartmouth College long enough to be accepted into the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, but soon left before the semester was over to return home to teach, deliver newspapers, and factory labor but felt his calling as a poet and left to peruse that. (PoemHunter.com) In
Many younger poets criticized Frosts works because he didn’t write in the newest era writing style but that didn’t stop him from opening new gate ways to poets who liked his writing style. He didn’t write in the traditional verse forms from the nineteenth century but instead he added rhythming and revolutionized writing with vivid scenery and people. This form of writing opened doors for many young poets who were interested in writing in the nineteenth/twentieth century writing style like