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This 7 page paper explores the life and poetry of Robert Frost and the impact his life had on his work. The paper touches on some of his poems including “Mending Wall,” “Birches,” “Design,” “After Apple Picking” and “Acquainted with the Night.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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own life in his work. This paper discuses the impact his life and experiences had on Frosts poems. Discussion Robert Frost is something of a contradiction; he is considered a
New England poet-the quintessential New England poet, as a matter of fact, but he was born in California (Untermeyer). Despite gaining a reputation as one of the most "American" of
poets, his first two books were published in England (Untermeyer). His poetry often revolves around farming, but he wasnt much good at it (Untermeyer). And he lost his father when
he was only ten; William Prescott Frost had gone to San Francisco to work on the newspaper, but his health gave out and he died in his early 30s (Untermeyer).
After that, his mother took Frost back to New England, and there he finally began to read: "He was then fourteen, a late starter with books. He discovered poetry, and
relished the sheer music of Poe as much as the meaningfulness of Emerson" (Untermeyer 4). At that same time, when he was 14 or 15, he began to write his
own poems (Untermeyer). When he was 19, he published his first poem in The Independent, a paper with a national circulation; he made $15 on the sale (Untermeyer). "His mother
was proud, but the rest of the family were alarmed" (Untermeyer 4). Their alarm was well founded, since Frost decided to try and make his living as a poet. His
grandfather warned him that nobody could make a living writing poems, but made a deal with the young man: the family would give him a year to make good, after
which hed have to give up writing (Untermeyer). Frost replied "Give me twenty-give me twenty" (Untermeyer 4). Perhaps someone was listening, because it took Frost almost 20 years to get
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