Robert Frost: Life and Poetry

One of America 's most popular poets, Robert Frost, achieved major recognition and reached the widest possible audience. His direct and easy to read poems make him one of the most recognized poets in the country. Robert Frost has the ability to make his poems accessible to anyone reading them. His use of everyday vernacular and traditional form of poetry makes it easy for readers, but understanding them is a different story. Robert Frost 's poems are very connotative in nature, making them very profound to read. One reason for this is his nomadic behavior. Frost lived in various places throughout his life. The majority of his poetry is about travel and the experiences he had. Robert Frost was born in San Francisco on March 26th, 1874 first child of Isabelle Moodie and William Prescott Frost, Jr. and was named after the confederate general Robert E. Lee. In 1885, after his father 's death, and at the age of 11 his family (with $8 in their possession) left California and settled in Lawrence, Massachusetts (Richardson, 1). There he attended and graduated high school. He was accepted and attended Dartmouth College, but stayed for less than a semester (Winnick, 1). He taught, worked at a mill and as a reporter right after that. In 1894, at just 20 years old, he sold "My Butterfly: An Elegy" to The Independent, a New York literary journal. A year later he married Elinor White after three years of courtship. Frost then attended Harvard College, from 1897 to 1899 as a special student but he never graduated and left without a degree. For the next ten years he wrote poems and worked at Derry 's Pinkerton Academy (Winnick, 1). After being settled for many years, he sold the farm in 1912. He used the money from the house and moved to England where he could concentrate solely on his writing. On that note he wrote "A Boy 's Will" and it was accepted by a publisher. It was released in 1913 to favorable reviews that resulted in the American release of the book. Frost now had a

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