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Robert Frost

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ROBERT FROST

Early Life

  • Born March 26, 1874
  • San Fransisco
  • Father died, age 11
  • Moved with mother and sister

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BEGINNINGS

  • Became interested in reading/writing in HS
  • Dartmouth college
  • Later Harvard
  • Never actually earned a formal degree

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AFTER EDUCATION

  • Drifted
  • Teacher, cobbler
  • Editor of the Lawrence Sentinel
  • Published first poem.

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MARRIAGE

  • Elinor Miriam White (1895)
  • Major inspiration for his poetry
  • Moved to England in 1912

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RETURNED

  • Back in the US in 1915
  • Completed two full length collections
  • Established his reputation

FAMOUS WORKS

  • Fire and Ice
  • The Road Not Taken
  • Nothing Gold Can Stay
  • Mending Wall
  • Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

HONORS

  • Four pulitzer prizes
  • Delivered a poem at John F. Kennedy's Inauguration.
  • "He has bequeathed his nation a body of imperishable verse
  • from which Americans will forever gain joy and understanding.”

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