Robert+Frost

**Robert Frost**
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- Robert Frost was born in 1874 and died in 1963 - Father died when he was eleven years old - Isabelle Moody, Frost’s mother, wasn’t a very good teacher; she often couldn’t control her class - Frost dropped out of school three times when he was young before he was home-schooled - Published his first poem (‘La Noche Triste’) when he was in high school; it appeared on the school bulletin board - ﻿Tried to commit suicide in the Dismal Swamp after Elinor White had said that she wouldn’t marry him - Married Elinor White, who used to go to school with him, and had six children - Had a strong build and his blue eyes were color blind - Frost’s first child Elliot died of cholera infantum in 1900 - His son, Carol, committed suicide and two of his daughters suffered from mental breakdowns - Read two of his poems at President John Kennedy’s inauguration - Had a daughter named Elinor Bettina but she died shortly after she is born in 1907 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: small;">- Frost was a good father, he never whipped his children if they were bad <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Frost suffered from depression after his wife died in 1938, but carried on with his poetry <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Fell in love with Kathleen Morrison after his wife died. She refused to marry him but agreed to work for him as a paid secretary <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Has written 105 poems total <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- The poet was voted most popular poet of his time <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Robert won five poetry awards
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I had withdrawn in forest, and my song Was swallowed up in leaves that blew alway; And to the forest edge you came one day (This was my dream) and looked and pondered long, But did not enter, though the wish was strong: you shook your pensive head as who should say, 'I dare not--to far in his footsteps stray- He must seek me would he undo the wrong.'

Not far, but near, I stood and saw it all behind low boughs the trees let down outside; And the sweet pang it cost me not to call And tell you that I saw does still abide. But 'tis not true that thus I dwelt aloof, For the wood wakes, and you are here for proof.

// The Road Not Taken** //

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black.<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;"> Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.

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Citations:

Academy of American Poets. "Robert Frost." Poets.org. 2011. Web. 19 Jan 2011. <http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/192>. Art, Henreys. "Frost, Robert." //Inspiration for the Spirit//. 18 Oct. 2002. Web. 21 Jan. 2011. - - - - <http://www.inspirationforthespirit.com/poetry/classic-love-poems/robert-frost/>. Frost, Robert. "Robert Frost...not Just the Guy Who Wrote the Poem at the Beginning of Eclipse(Fire and Ice)." - - - - //Dead Poets and Dark Caves//. 21 Sept. 2002. Web. 21 Jan. 2011. - - - - < [|http://deadpoetsandcaves.blogspot.com/2009/05/robert-frostnot-just-guywho-wrote-poem.html] >. Frost, Robert L. "A Dream Pang." //About.com Quotations//. Web. 31 Jan. 2011. - - - - <http://quotations.about.com/cs/poemlyrics/a/A_Dream_Pang.htm>. Liukkonen, Petri. "Robert Frost." Kirjasto.sci.fi. 2008. Web. 24 Jan. 2011. <http://kirjasto.sci.fi/rfrost.htm>. McGill, Bryant. "Poems by Robert Frost." Bryant McGill's Simple Remiders. 2010. Web. 19 Jan 2011. - - - - <http://www.bryantmcgill.com/World_Poetry/~R/Robert_Frost/>. "Robert Frost Biographical Information." Ketzle.com. 19 Jan 2011. <http://www.ketzle.com/frost/frostbio.htm>. "Robert Frost Biography." Famous Poets and Poems.com. 2010. Web. 19 Jan 2011. - - - - <http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/robert_frost/biography>.

Pictures - Pictures 1-3 from: Picture 4 from: Picture 5 from: http://calverleyparkside.pbworks.com/w/page/13178303/ROBERT-FROST