Robert Frost Bio Essay, Research Paper
Isabelle Moodie and William Prescott Frost Jr. were blessed with a son March 26, 1874. This son was named after the Confederate general, Robert E. Lee. We know him today as Robert Lee Frost, one of the best-known and loved poets of all time. Frost began kindergarten in 1879; however, he was struck with nervous stomach pains the very first day and never returned. Frost did attempt to return to school on a few occasions, but was always struck with the stomach pains, and had to return home. Robert s mother began teaching a fifth grade class in which Robert and his sister, Jeanie, attended. Robert took take a liking to school, and applied for entrance into Lawrence High School. Frost published his first poem in Lawrence High School s Bulletin in April of 1890. Frost published several more times and graduated with valedictory honors and moved on to Dartmouth College. Frost gained entrance into Harvard and was awarded the Sewall Scholarship for academic excellence. The doctor informed Frost that he must give up his sedentary career. When Elliott, Frost s son, died of cholera in 1900, and his mother of cancer, he moved to a large 30 acre farm in New Hampshire own by his grandfather. He died a short time later, leaving Frost a $500 annuity, and ownership of the farm. Over the next seven years, Frost was blessed with four more children: three daughters, and a son. However, his youngest daughter, Elinor Bettina died after three days. But, Frost persevered. In 1912, Frost decided to move to England, and devote himself to writing full time. The books received good reviews, and in 1914, North of Boston was published. Frost began receiving invitations to read and speak at several colleges and was later asked to teach at Amherst College. Never having lingered in his love for writing, Frost published his next two books in 1923, Selected Poems and New Hampshire. In 1928 West-Running Brook was published, and an expanded edition of Selected Poems was released. Collected Poems was published in 1930, and it also received the Pulitzer Prize. The same year, Frost also received the Russell Loines Poetry Prize. Frost s schedule increased and found himself delivering speeches, talks, readings and lectures daily at colleges throughout the United States. Frost suffered the loss terribly and experienced a collapse. Frost began to teach at Harvard, and bought a farm in Vermont. Frost did his best to remain strong through his string of family tragedies. Frost left Vermont and purchased a home in Cambridge in 1941. In 1942, A Witness Tree was published and received a Pulitzer Prize in 1943. A Masque of Reason was published in 1945. Collected Poems was published again in 1946. 1947, two more books were published: Steeple Bus and A Masque of Mercy. Complete Poems of Robert Frost 1949 was published in that year. In 1950, Robert Frost received another honor, this time coming from the U.S. Senate, adopting a resolution honoring Frost on his 75th birthday. Frost continued to receive dinners in his honor and awards in his name. In 1958, Eisenhower appointed Frost to act as a consultant in poetry for the Library of Congress and was awarded the Emerson-Thoreau Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Congress awarded Frost a gold medal in 1960 in recognition of his poetry. Robert Frost published one more book before he died, In the Clearing, in 1962.