Named after the Confederate General Robert E. Lee, Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California. His parents were William Prescott Frost, Jr. of New Hampshire and Isabelle Moodie of Scotland. Frost's work was based on the New England countryside and speech, which made his poetry seem familiar and old to a lot of people. His views often showed skepticism and irony, which made his poetry appear to be untroubled. These traits in his poetry helped link American poetry of the 19th century to that of the 20th century. .
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Frost's views were formed by many incidents in his life. In 1885, Robert's father died and his family moved to Lawrence, Mass chutes. He began writing poetry while attending high school in Lawrence, where he graduated in 1892. Next he attended Dartmouth College briefly. After going one semester, he dropped out. In 1894 his first poem "My Butterfly" was published in the Independent. Shortly afterwards, in 1895, he married Elinor Miriam White. The couple had six children. .
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Frost decided to try college again in 1897 when he enrolled at Harvard College. He left Harvard in 1899 before receiving a degree. In the early 1900's he took a job teaching at a private school near his family's poultry farm in New Hampshire and he continued to write his poetry. Looking for better literary opportunities, he sold the farm in 1912 and moved to England. He found success here as his first book of poems, A Boy's Will, was published in 1913. This publication established Frost as an author and represented his lifelong poetic style. .
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Returning to the United States in 1915, Frost's poetry became popular. He continued his writing over the next several years usually using the blank verse style. In 1924 he won his first Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for the volume New Hampshire. This publication included longer poems that told stories as well a short poems on a variety of subjects.