Robert Frost Research Paper
Robert Frost
Ashley Bell
Mrs. Jordan
English 11A
12/12/14
Ashley Bell
Mrs. Jordan
English 11A
12/12/14
Robert Frost Robert Lee Frost was a traditionalist poet whose works are still loved today by many. Frost had a very effortless way of writing, which helped describe life in such descriptive ways. Because of this, he won countless awards and became one of the most admired poets of the 19th century. Robert Frost had the ability to imprint his works into people’s minds, making himself forever remembered. (“Robert Frost Biography” 1) Born on March 26, 1874, Robert Frost was raised majority of his childhood in San Francisco, California. When Frost was eleven, his father died of tuberculosis and he …show more content…
While he was away, his reputation had preceded him and he was well received not only by people, but by the publishing world as well. Henry Holt became the publisher for Frost and he remained in that position for the rest of his life. Holt purchased all of the copies of North of Boston and in 1916, he published Mountain Interval, which was a collection of works that Frost created while in England including a tribute to Thomas. Publishers who had turned Frost down in the past were now begging for Frost to use them as his publisher, Atlantic Monthly being one of them. Frost sent the same poems to the Monthly that had previously been rejected before he moved to …show more content…
Eliot, went to fight for the release of their old acquaintance Ezra Pound, who was in a federal mental hospital for treason. In 1958, Pound was released after his charges were dropped. In the year of 1961, at John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, Frost recited “The Gift of Outright.” Frost was honored by being the first poet to speak at an inauguration and said, “If you can bear at your age the honor of being made President of the United States, I ought to be able at my age to bear the honor of taking some part in your inauguration….I am glad the invitation pleases your family, it will please my family to the fourth generation and my family of friends and, were they living, it would had for parents.” (Bober 177) A final volume, In the Clearing, appeared in 1962. Another event that happened in the year of 1962 was Frost visiting the Soviet Union on a goodwill tour. When Frost visited the Soviet Premier Khrushchev, he gave an announcement that Americans are “too liberal to fight,” which caused a lot of grief. In that same year, Frost was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by
Ashley Bell
Mrs. Jordan
English 11A
12/12/14
Ashley Bell
Mrs. Jordan
English 11A
12/12/14
Robert Frost Robert Lee Frost was a traditionalist poet whose works are still loved today by many. Frost had a very effortless way of writing, which helped describe life in such descriptive ways. Because of this, he won countless awards and became one of the most admired poets of the 19th century. Robert Frost had the ability to imprint his works into people’s minds, making himself forever remembered. (“Robert Frost Biography” 1) Born on March 26, 1874, Robert Frost was raised majority of his childhood in San Francisco, California. When Frost was eleven, his father died of tuberculosis and he …show more content…
While he was away, his reputation had preceded him and he was well received not only by people, but by the publishing world as well. Henry Holt became the publisher for Frost and he remained in that position for the rest of his life. Holt purchased all of the copies of North of Boston and in 1916, he published Mountain Interval, which was a collection of works that Frost created while in England including a tribute to Thomas. Publishers who had turned Frost down in the past were now begging for Frost to use them as his publisher, Atlantic Monthly being one of them. Frost sent the same poems to the Monthly that had previously been rejected before he moved to …show more content…
Eliot, went to fight for the release of their old acquaintance Ezra Pound, who was in a federal mental hospital for treason. In 1958, Pound was released after his charges were dropped. In the year of 1961, at John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, Frost recited “The Gift of Outright.” Frost was honored by being the first poet to speak at an inauguration and said, “If you can bear at your age the honor of being made President of the United States, I ought to be able at my age to bear the honor of taking some part in your inauguration….I am glad the invitation pleases your family, it will please my family to the fourth generation and my family of friends and, were they living, it would had for parents.” (Bober 177) A final volume, In the Clearing, appeared in 1962. Another event that happened in the year of 1962 was Frost visiting the Soviet Union on a goodwill tour. When Frost visited the Soviet Premier Khrushchev, he gave an announcement that Americans are “too liberal to fight,” which caused a lot of grief. In that same year, Frost was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal by