Robert Frost Hardships

“ In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.” - Robert Frost
Robert Frost was a brilliant poet, who went through great personal hardships in life. Even though he had those hardships, he still went on to write many more great poems. In his poetry he was influenced by the hardships that he went through, along with other poets such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Ezra Pound (Killoran, Helen). He was also influenced by the many tragedies that occurred in his life. From his father dying at a young age, to him having suicidal thoughts, to his daughter being in and out of a mental institution, the suicide of his son, and the death of his wife. In many of his pieces of art they see the depression and hardship that he is
After his father’s death in 1885, Frost and his family moved to Massachusetts. Frost graduated in 1892 as Co valedictorian of his high school class, his Co valedictorian ended up being his wife, Elinor Miriam White. In 1895 the two ended up marrying, and having six children. In 1912 Frost ended up leaving America and moving to England with his family. In England, Frost learned many new ways to write poetry from the likes of Ezra Pound (Robert Frost). After the start of World War 1, Frost moved back to America. Frost’s colloquial style and technique in North of Boston called “the sound of sense”. Greatly admired by his English readers and not so much by his American readers at first. Due to the success of the poetry in England, American publishers decided to publish in America, and it later became a commercial success (Killoran, Helen). Frost reads “The Gift Outright” for John F. Kennedy’s inauguration on January 20,1961. Frost passed away on January 29,1963 at the age of
One of the major influences of Frost was Ezra Pound. Pound himself is also a very famous poet. When Frost left America and went to England in 1912, he was almost defeated in terms that he could not support his growing family with his work as a poet. Frost was influenced by many poets throughout his time in England, such as Ezra Pound, T.S. Elliot, Ford Madox Ford, and William Butler Yeats (Robert Frost). While in England Frost released his first major piece of poetry “The Trial by Existence”. Pound reviewed this piece of work and helped to establish Frost. Pound wanted Frost to become his disciple, but Frost was not interested in Pound’s style and wanted to create and manage his own reputation. Without the help of Pound, Frost would not have the success that he had without the help from Pound and his time in England, learning new forms of Poetry (Robert