Monday, April 23, 2012

Facts About Robert Frost



  • Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California. 
  • When Frost was two years old, his mother fled to Lawrence, Massachusetts, to get away from her husband, who was a drunk. 
  • She stayed there until her second baby was born, Jeannie, Robert's sister. 
  • Then they went back to San Francisco. 
  • A few years later, Robert's father died, so they took the body to Lawrence to be buried in the family cemetery. 
  • By the time he was 11, Robert Frost had crossed the U.S. three times.
  • He married Elinor White and had 2 kids. 
  • Robert never in truth had any jobs, except being a poet, but he published many poems in his lifetime. Some of them are: The Road not TakenThe Raft of FlowersThe Pasture, and others. 
  • Robert also won four Pultizer awards and read The Gift Outright at the inauguration of John. F. Kennedy. 
  • He died on January 29, 1963 of a heart attack. He was 88 years old.

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