The birth of the poet Robert Lee Frost happened on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California. Roberts father William Prescott Frost Jr. came from New Hampshire to San Francisco to obtain his professionalism as a journalist. That’s when his gambling and drinking addiction and habits started to happen. When he passed away from tuberculosis it left Robert and his mother in a bad financial problem. Since both his parents shared the profession of a teacher (although his father persuaded journalism as well) Robert had an early introduction to literature and reading. He often studied many different like William Shakespeare and others. He developed as he grew older a strong love for nature.

Frost was attending Lawrence high school while he was writing poetry (some of which were published in the schools paper). He was very academically smart and was the top of his class, which after high school he attended Dartmouth, the Ivy League College in Hanover, New Hampshire until he found that the college life was not for him. Then he simply worked other jobs while continuing writing his poetry. In 1894 Robert was lucky enough to get his poem “My Butterfly: An Elegy” published by the magazine Independent. A year later he married Elinor Miriam White. Elinor was his co-valedictorian from school. Throughout their lives they had six children Elliot, Carol, Lesley, Irma, Marjorie and Elinor

Frost went to Harvard University in 1897 but left in 1899 due to certain illnesses. Although he did leave before getting his degree Frost was awarded with it later on. In 1900 Frost and his family moved on a farm to support themselves. That year both Frost’s mother and son died (Elliot). Several years later, one day after birth Elinor Bettina died. Once 1911 came around Robert sold the farm to travel to England. Both him and Elinor had intentions of going.

After twenty years of trying Frosts poetry collection “A Boy’s Will” was published in 1913. After that Robert was able to have more publishers publish his work and also he gained different supporters from different places, which helped promote his poetry. In 1915 Frost and his family were back in New Hampshire. A year later Frost was then teaching at a College, also his “Mountain Interval” was published.

After more and more publishing of his work Robert Frost began to be a popular speaker and very well known. He won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for a second time in 1931. By now all his children were happily married, some even having grandchildren. He always stayed close with all of them. Although sadly Marjorie died in 1934 after giving birth, Elinor died in 1938 from a heart attack and Carol committed suicide in 1940.

Robert Frost was well known and talented enough to read his poem “The Gift Outright” at John F. Kennedy’s Inauguration to become the president of the United States of America in 1942. After nine months after Frost’s death (January 29^th, 1947) John F. Kennedy gave a speech at Amherst College praising Frost and his work and his importance to the Arts in America.

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