Robert Frost Research Paper

Although Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963) was best known for his presence in New England, his life actually began here in the United States of America (Kennedy and Gioia 983). Robert’s family spent the first eleven years of his life residing in San Francisco, California. But by the year 1885 Robert’s mother, Isabelle Frost, moved the family to Lawrence, Massachusetts due to the passing of his father, William Frost (Parini ch.1). In 1892 Robert Frost graduated as co-valedictorian at Lawrence High School (). He then went on to enroll at Dartmouth College where he would spend only one semester before dropping out. When home Frost held multiple unfulfilling jobs. Even without finishing college, Frost still managed to receive many honorary degrees from prestigious universities from both the United States and Great Britain (Kennedy and Gioia 983). …show more content…
She declined his proposal at first because she wanted to finish school. Robert went away to Virginia and upon his arrival home he asked Elinor once again for her hand in marriage. As a fresh graduate, she accepted and the two were wed in December of 1985 (Biography.com, Robert Frost Bio). In 1896 Elinor gave birth to their first child who passed away four years later from cholera in July of 1900 (Kennedy and Gioia 983). Unfortunately for Robert and Elinor Frost, this was “the first of many family tragedies” that they would undergo (Kennedy and Gioia 983). They had a total of five additional children, one son and four daughters. The last child of which passed away at only three days old. (Kennedy and Gioia