Robert Frost

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Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. He is highly garded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquialspeech.[1] His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New Englandin the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. One of the most popular and criticallyrespected American poets of his generation, Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry.
Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, California, tojournalist William Prescott Frost, Jr., and Isabelle Moodie.[1] His mother was of Scottish descent, and his father descended from Nicholas Frost of Tiverton, Devon, England, who had sailed to New Hampshire in1634 on the Wolfrana.[citation needed]
Frost's father was a teacher and later an editor of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin (which later merged with the San Francisco Examiner), and anunsuccessful candidate for city tax collector. After his death on May 5, 1885, the family moved across the country to Lawrence, Massachusetts, under the patronage of (Robert's grandfather) William Frost, Sr.,who was an overseer at a New England mill. Frost graduated from Lawrence High School in 1892.[2] Frost's mother joined theSwedenborgian church and had him baptized in it, but he left it as an adult.Although known for his later association with rural life, Frost grew up in the city, and he published his first poem in his high school's magazine. He attended Dartmouth College for two months, longenough to be accepted into the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Frost returned home to teach and to work at various jobs – including helping his mother teach her class of unruly boys, delivering newspapers,and working in a factory as an arclight carbon filament changer. He did not enjoy these jobs, feeling his true calling was poetry.
Personal life
Robert Frost's personal life was plagued with grief...