Robert Lee Frost, named after the confederate general Robert E. Lee, was born in San Francisco on March 26, 1874. Frost was home schooled and taught by his mother, Isabelle Moodie, for the first ten years of his life. (Robert, 1).
His father, William Prescott Frost Jr., was a journalist and local politician. He died when Frost was 11 leaving his mother to raise the family. His mother supported her family as a school teacher. Shortly after his fathers" death, the family moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts with Frost's paternal grandfather (Literature, 1).
Frost attended Lawrence High School, where he first began to find a pleasure in writing. He published his first poem in Lawrence High School's Bulletin in April of 1980. He published several more times before graduating as valedictorian and going on to attend Dartmouth College (Robert,1). However, he quickly left college and began to teach, still finding an interest in writing on the side (Robert). Frost also attended Harvard University later in his life but again left early without receiving a degree (Literature, 1).
In 1894, the New York Independent published Frost's first poem "My Butterfly" and he also had five poems privately printed. In 1895 he married a former schoolmate, Elinor White, whom he later had six children with. (Literature, 1) .
In 1912, at the age of 38, Frost sold a farm he had been living on with his family, and moved himself, his wife, and his four young children to England. There he could devote all his time to writing. Success didn't take long as he quickly published "A Boy's Will" followed a year later by "North of Boston." Frost's poems received great reviews and his fame began to grow (Biography, 1). .
In 1920, Frost purchased a farm in South Shaftsbury, Vermont, near Middlebury College where he ran the Bread Loaf School and Conference of English. Soon, Frosts" personal life began to plummet. His wife died and he lost four children.
Robert Frost After reading a short biography on Robert Frost, one would automatically think, "No wonder he became a poet." ... When Frost wrote this poem it seems he used a classic form of poetry. ... But the last four lines, Frost throws in "hate and great," which is unexpected. ... Directive is one example of Frost's nontraditional poems. ... The one theme that Frost stuck with in all of his poems is nature. ...
In his celebrated poem "The Road Not Taken," Robert Frost describes the decision one makes when reaching a fork in the road. ... Here Frost takes the same give-and-take structural approach, of that in the second stanza. ... Once again Frost leaves us hanging, contemplating whether it is for the better or the worst. ... Yes, it could be Frost himself, but that is doubtful, thus leaving us to believe it is someone whom, Frost is familiar with. According to the Lawrance Thompson biography,Robert Frost: The Years of Triumph (1971), Frost would often introduce the poem in public reading...
Robert Frost's poem "After Apple Picking"," focused on a few normal aspects of life that Frost and even people to this day still have to struggle with. ... Frost would have dreams where apples were all that was around. ... Frost's poem can easily be related to his biography in reference to many situations that Frost had to deal with from adolescence to adulthood. Frost's mother worked as a teacher for little pay to support her two children after the death of Frost's father. ... Frost, later on, went to attend Harvard University. ...
Robert Frost once said, "Poetry is that which is lost in translation." ... This is where I believe Mr Frost's statement becomes apparent. ... Having not have read the various biographies on Sappho, I would have, from her poetry, assumed she was lesbian. ...
Robert Frost (1874-1963) - American poet, who drew his images from the New England countryside and his language from New England speech. Although Frost's images and voice often seem familiar and old, his observations have an edge of skepticism and irony that make his work, upon rereading, never as old-fashioned, easy, or carefree as it first appears. In being both traditional and skeptical, Frost's poetry helped provide a link between the American poetry of the 19th century and that of the 20th century. ... Sandburg also wrote what is generally considered the definitive biography of...
In Discovering Biography, Capote says, "(As a child) I was very insecure and lonely. ... Capote's career at "The New Yorker- ended when he fell asleep during a speech from Robert Frost, who promptly showed indignation by heaving the book he was reading at Capotes head. ... According to Discovering Biography, Miriam typifies Capote's early manners. ... As stated in Discovering Biography, Capote's profound empathy for Perry Smith makes In Cold Blood an authoritative work of art and an inquisitive and admirable attempt to understand the human being. ...
Elliot, Robert Frost, and Vachel Lindsay. ... From 1926 to 1939, Sandburg devoted himself to writing a six-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln (Byers 462). The Lincoln biography took a lot out of Sandburg so only during the winter months would he devote his time to writing poetry (Hacker 84-85). ... In 1929, Sandburg realized there has never been a good young people's biography on Lincoln. ... What was supposed to be a 400-page biography for children ended up a six-volume 3,500 page historical treasure (Hacker 89). ...
