The Life of Robert Frost Reflected in His Poetry Robert Lee Frost was born in San Francisco, California on March 26, 1874 to Isabelle Moodie and William Prescott Frost Jr. (Burnshaw). He spent eleven years of his life in San Francisco, but moved with his mother and sister to Massachusetts after his father died (Pritchard). Frost died on January 29, 1963 in Boston, Massachusetts (Burnshaw). Frost’s career spanned fully through the literary era of Modernism, but his works are difficult to place in a single era because they are a blend of 19th-century American poetry and Modernism (“Robert Frost”). Throughout Robert Frost’s life, he experienced many trials and tribulations that are reflected psychologically in his poetry through themes of depression, isolation, and death. Frost was also a regionalist poet and, therefore, used the locations in which he lived as inspiration for the themes of nature that run through his works. A quote that encompasses Robert Frost is one of his own: “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on” (BrainyQuote). Frost went through several
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In Massachusetts, Frost’s mother “filled his early years with Shakespeare, Bible stories, and myths” (Burnshaw). Despite his father’s death, high school was not a particularly terrible four years for young Frost—on the contrary, it was filled with success. During his high school years, Frost began writing; he also played football and was in the school’s debating society all while being at the head of his class (Burnshaw). He developed a love for Greek and Latin, which he would later try to pursue career-wise as a high school teacher (Burnshaw). It was in high school that Frost became a “promising” writer when he wrote his poem entitled “La Noche Triste,” which was inspired by William H. Prescott’s History of the Conquest of Mexico
In Massachusetts, Frost’s mother “filled his early years with Shakespeare, Bible stories, and myths” (Burnshaw). Despite his father’s death, high school was not a particularly terrible four years for young Frost—on the contrary, it was filled with success. During his high school years, Frost began writing; he also played football and was in the school’s debating society all while being at the head of his class (Burnshaw). He developed a love for Greek and Latin, which he would later try to pursue career-wise as a high school teacher (Burnshaw). It was in high school that Frost became a “promising” writer when he wrote his poem entitled “La Noche Triste,” which was inspired by William H. Prescott’s History of the Conquest of Mexico