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Robert Frost

1874 - 1963

Presented by Emily Davison

Writing Style

Early Life

  • Favored traditional poetic forms
  • His favorite styles: Nature lyrics, dramatic narratives, and commentaries
  • The Figure a Poem Makes (pg. 250 of Norton Anthology) provides insight into Frost's preferences and styles in writing

Popular Works

The Road Not Taken (1916)

Rise to Fame as a Writer

  • Born in California and lived there until age 11
  • Then moved to New England
  • Education: Attended Dartmouth College and Harvard (sporadically)
  • Moved to England in 1912 with his family, then back to America in 1914
  • Early life full of tragedies and hardships
  • Backgrounds in teaching and farming

-First book, A Boy’s Will in 1913

-Reviewed by Ezra Pound who loved it

-Second Book, North of Boston in 1914

-Received four Pulitzer Prizes: for New Hampshire (volume of poems; 1923),

Collected Poems of Robert Frost (1931), A Further Range (1937), and A Witness Tree (1943)

Nothing Gold Can Stay (1923)

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