While he lived Robert Frost enjoyed the recognition as an accomplished poet. He was a multiple Pulitzer Prize recipient as well as honoree of the Congressional Gold Medal. Considered one of the finest modernist poets of the twentieth century he favored traditional poetic structure. His poems to this day are admired for the depiction of the bucolic nature of New England and his practiced use of the everyday spoken word.
Mr. Frost was born in California in 1874 later moving across the country to Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1885 after his father had passed away. Having grown up in New England from age eleven onwards it greatly influenced his body of work. However, while public fame and recognition came to him in abundance privately, in later years, he suffered a series of heartaches early on losing his father, mother to cancer, only sister who had died in a mental hospital and his daughter committed to an institution as well. Up until his death in 1963 he suffered depression although these experiences of grief, loss and isolation are painted as themes into much of his po-etry in as much as his observations in the everyday life of a New Englander. Skillfully, he poeti-cally opened a window on a humanistic world view.
Aesthetically, the context of his poems while considered modernist followed the tradi-tional pattern of meter and rhyme of the pre-modernist era. Discipline of form was very im-portant to him in the method of how he approached the art of poetry. Emerging
His family struggles to his high school and college life. His wife and children and his life changing poems made Frost the legacy he is today. His struggles should be an inspiration to all his readers. For him to go through the struggles from his father and to be scared of school and yet graduate with honors is something any person should be proud of. Robert Frosts life story not only shows us the struggles he went through in life, but his story teaches that a person does not have to always be successful early in life to be someone. Frost dropped out of college and he still managed to meet President Kennedy and win a congressional award, he also wrote many poems and short stories which are very well known to this day. Frost should be recognized not only for his poems and short stories, but he should be recognized for his life struggles with a very successful
Robert Frost’s approach to human isolation is always an interesting exploration. His poem of desertion and neglect paired with eternal hopefulness ignite the reader in his poem “The Census-Taker.” All of the elements of a Frost poem are in this particular poem. “The Census-Taker” must be from an earlier time in Frost’s career because the poem is written in an open, free verse similar to the style of his earlier 20th century poetry like “Mending Wall” and “After Apple-Picking.” Also, the language lacks the sophisticated word selection a reader of poetry might find in Wallace Stevens and instead uses simplicity to
Authors write poetry for many reasons including to prove a point, share life stories or to just make the reader think. Robert Frost is a great example of a poet influenced by his experiences. These influences show up in most of his poetry, but especially in “The Road Not Taken”, “Stopping by Woods On a Snowy Evening”, and “Birches”. Moving to the New England region the nature and people helped him become a poet of worldly fame.
Robert Frost takes our imagination to a journey through wintertime with 
his two poems "Desert Places" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". These two poems reflect the beautiful scenery that is present in the snow covered woods and awakens us to new feelings. Even though these poems both have winter settings they contain very different tones. One has a feeling of depressing loneliness and the other a feeling of welcome solitude. They show how the same setting can have totally different impacts on a person depending on 
their mindset at the time. These poems are both made up of simple stanzas and diction but they are not straightforward poems.
Robert Frost was an inspirational poet, he had some hard times in his life but in a way it has helped him in his writing. some of his most famous poems are The Road Not Taken, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Fire and Ice, Nothing Gold Can Stay, A Question. Frost time period was the modernist period which was from 1910-1965. All events that happen in a person's life could have an effect on them either positive or negative way. Robert Frost's past had an affect on his writing.
Robert Frost was a profound American poet who remains influential to this day. His versatility of theme, and his ability to relate to the human condition makes his work timeless. His simplistic writing style has made him accessible to generations of students. Much of his writing was motivated by the many tragedies he endured beginning with the death of his father and including the deaths of of his own children and his wife who died of cancer.
The poetry of Robert Frost made him to be quintessentially recognized as one of the most influential writers in American poetry. As a poet, he received multiple awards such as four Pulitzer Prizes and over twenty-five honorary degrees from schools including Harvard, Princeton, Oxford, and Cambridge University. Later in his life as poet, he became renowned enough to be ask to read one of his poem at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. His life seem to be lined with success and fame where he could be known as the official American poet. Yet as Frost life seem to be filled with the greatness, he as a person suffered a great amount due to the multiple family deaths and struggled for a long period of time before he could become a recognized
Discoveries often require individuals to reconsider their perspective and develop a new understanding of the world around them. Examine this statement in relation to your prescribed text and ONE related text.
Robert Frost, one of the most well-known and well respected American poets, he wrote a lot about rural life in New England and how the lifestyle differed from here in America. Robert Lee Frost was born March 26, 1874 and he passed away on January 29, 1963 from complications from prostate surgery. He was born in San Francisco, California, and he died in Boston, Massachusetts at the age of 88. He was married to Elinor Miriam White (1895-1938) and they had a total of six children. Robert Frost’s children’s were named, Elliot (1896-1904), Lesley (1899-1983), Carol (1902-1940), Irma (1903-1967), Majorie (1905-1934), Elinor Bettina (1907).
Have you ever pondered what life would look like through someone else's eyes? Robert Frost allows you to experience his view of life in New England. Although if you ever to claim this to his face he would disagree. Mr. Frost claimed that his poems were diverse and relatable to people all around the world. Although this may or may not be true, I shall let you decide.
Robert Frost is a man of extreme courage who had to endure many tough times throughout his life. Frost's biggest losses in life where the deaths of his children, his firstborn son Elliot died from cholera, his son Carol committed suicide, his other child Irma was diagnosed with a mental illness, and his daughter Marjorie died from giving birth (Bio.com). Frosts quotes that his most severe loss was the loss of his dearly beloved wife Elinor Frost (Bio.com) .Throughout all of the bad breaks Frost has endured he managed to become a 4 time Pulitzer Prize Winner (Bio.com). Frost attended Harvard and Dartmouth which happen to be two of the most prestigious colleges in the entire country (Bio.com). Attending these Universities had helped Frost immensely in becoming the writer he knew he could become.
“The Road Not Taken” and “Nothing Gold Can Stay” are just two of many very famous poems, written by none other than Robert Frost. Robert Frost is a poet that is well known for his poetic contributions to nature, as well as his award winning poems. His poetic ability and knowledge make him an extraordinary author. His past; including schooling, family, and the era in which he wrote influenced nearly all of his poems in some way. This very famous poet contributed to the modernism era, had a family and an interesting life story, and a unique poetic style as well.
Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco. When his father died, he moved to Massachusetts with his family to be closer to his grandparents. He loved to stay active through sports and activities such as trapping animals and climbing trees. He married his co- valedictorian, Elinor Miriam White, in 1895. He dropped out of both Dartmouth and Harvard in his lifetime. Robert and Elinor settled on a farm in Massachusetts which his grandfather bought him, and it was one of the many farms on which he would live in throughout his life. Frost spend the next 9 years writing poetry while poultry farming. When poultry farming didn’t work out, he went back to teaching English. He moved to England in 1912 and became friends with many people who were also in the writing business. After moving back to America in 1915, Frost bought a farm in New Hampshire and began reading his poems aloud at public
Robert Frost’s nature poetry occupies a significant place in the poetic arts; however, it is likely Frost’s use of nature is the most misunderstood aspect of his poetry. While nature is always present in Frost’s writing, it is primarily used in a “pastoral sense” (Lynen 1). This makes sense as Frost did consider himself to be a shepherd.
Robert Frost is perhaps one of America's best poets of his generation. His vivid images of nature capture the minds of readers. His poems appear to be simple, but if you look into them there is a lot of insight. Robert Frost spoke at John F. Kennedy's inauguration. He is the only poet to have had the opportunity to speak at a presidential inauguration. Through his poetry people learn that Robert Frost is a complicated and intellectual man who has a place in many American hearts. (Richards P.10)