Robert Frost

Rob's Background

• He was born in March 26, 1874 in San Fransico, CA
• He had a father named William Prescott, mother named Isabelle Moodie, and a sister named Jeanie
• He went to Harvard University from 1897-1899 and Dartmouth College dropping in out in 1899 studying the liberal arts
• He died in Boston, Massachusetts in Janurary 29, 1963 by complications in prostate Surgery

Frost's Children

• He was married to Elinor Frost
• He had 6 children, 2 sons and 4 daughters

Events that impacted his poems

• His life with his Family
• Daily activities and emotions

Major Themes of Poems at the time

• Nature
• The Industrial Reveloution
• Communication
• Rationality vs. Imagination
• Isolation of the Individual

Robert's Famous Poems

• The Road not Taken
• Range Finding
• To E.T
• In Neglect
• A Time to Talk

More of His Famous Poems

• Stars
• The Flower Boat
• Immigrants
• Evening in Sugar Orchad
• In A Vale

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Fire and Ice Analysis

• This Poem talks about hate and desire of man
• It's a epigram type of poem
• It uses some imagery in its text
• It uses alliteration in its text
• It uses metaphor, irony, and allusions as well

Poets during the time of frost

• E. E. Cummings
• Lewis Carroll
• Emily Dickinson
• C. S. Lewis
• Walt Whitman

Contribuitions to America

• The way his poems understand the audience he obtained
• His Poems are standard in standardtized tests
• Read the Ingraution of John F Kennedy
• Had a school and a Library in Fairfax, Virgina named after him

More contributions to America

• Won 4 Pulitzer Prizes and won Several Honorary Degrees from Harvard, Bates, Oxford, and Cambridge
• First Person to win two Honorary Degrees from Dartmouth

Citations
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"19th Century Poets and Poetry - Famous Poets and Poems." 19th Century Poets and Poetry - Famous Poets and Poems. Famous Poets and Poems. Web. 4 Mar. 2015. .

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"Robert Frost Poems Study Guide." Grade Saver. Grade Saver. Web. 4 Mar. 2015. .

"Best Famous Robert Frost Poems." Best Famous Robert Frost Poems. Poetry Soup. Web. 4 Mar. 2015. .

"Robert Frost." New World Encyclopedia. New World Encyclopedia. Web. 11 Mar. 2015. .

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