Biography

=//Robert Frost//=

Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California. He moved to England when he was only eleven years old. Frost lived in a very rural part of England. During his time spent in England he really began to enjoy reading and writing. In 1894 at 20 years old Robert Frost sold his first poem “My Butterfly. An Elegy.” After his big accomplishment Frost asked Elinor Miriam White to be his wife. Elinor denied Frost because she wanted to finish college at St. Lawrence University. Frost went on vacation to take some time off. After Elinor was done with school Frost asked her again. This time she accepted and they got married in Lawrence Massachusetts (Pritchard 1).  Frost attended Harvard University from 1897- 1899, but left because of an illness. After he was finishing school his grandmother was nearing death, and she purchased a farm for Frost and his wife in Derry, New Hampshire. Frost worked on the farm for nine years. During this time he was continually developing new poems. Robert Frost’s farming career ended up being a failure, so he returned to being an English teacher (Pritchard 1). Robert Frost and his family moved to Great Britain in 1912. He and his family settled in Beaconsfield, a small town outside of London. The next year Robert Frost’s first book, called “A Boys Will”was published. In 1915, when World War I began, the Frosts returned to America. The family bought a farm in Franconia, New Hampshire (Contributors 1). “Frost won his first Pulitzer prizes for his book //New Hampshire// in 1924” (Pritchard 1). Frost would later win three more Pulitzer prizes in 1931, 1937, and 1943. Frost spent 42 years teaching at the bread loaf school of English in Vermont. When Frost was 86 and winding down to death he read “The Gift Outright” (one of his well known poems) at JFK’s inaugural speech. On January 29, 1963 Robert Frost died due to complication from surgery in his prostate. Frost was buried at old Bennington cemetery, along with the rest of his family. Robert Frost’s last words were a quote from one of his poems: “I had a lover's quarrel with the world” (Contributors 1). This line explains that Frost had silly arguments throughout his life, but they didn’t last long. A lovers’ quarrel is like a love argument. Frost is saying he had a lovers’ quarrel with the world so he had arguments with the world. Robert Frost lived a very successful and fulfilling life. Even as he was nearing death he had a positive attitude and a good sense of humor. That is why Robert Frost continues to be one of the greatest poets of all time.