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Robert Frost

Robert Frost. By: Sienna Hughes And Haley Breeden. “Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.” -Robert Frost . Biography . San Francisco March 26, 1874 January 29, 1963. “Robert Frost.” NNDB. Soylent Communications, 2013. Web. 3 April 2013. Frost’s Childhood .

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Robert Frost

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  1. Robert Frost By: Sienna Hughes And Haley Breeden “Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.” -Robert Frost

  2. Biography • San Francisco • March 26, 1874 • January 29, 1963 “Robert Frost.”NNDB. Soylent Communications, 2013. Web. 3 April 2013

  3. Frost’s Childhood • Scottish-England background • “Moodie” • Tuberculosis 1884 • Swedenborgian 1881

  4. Early Schooling • No formal schooling • Salem Deport, New Hampshire • Lawrence 1885 • Piecework

  5. College Life • Dartmouth and Harvard • Bates University • Cambridge and Oxford • 1894 “Saturday Poetry Series Presents: Robert Frost.” As It Ought to Be. Blog at WordPress.com, 2010. Web. 3 April 2013

  6. Influences & Inspirations • Elinor • Authors • Imagination and Life • Depression

  7. Writing Style • Environment and Nature • Tones • Iambic meter • Rhythmic structure

  8. Time of Frost • War • First Flight • Poetry television broadcast • Assassination of JFK

  9. Famous Books • Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening • Birches • Death of a Hired Man “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” ChinaBerry. n.p, n.p.d. Web. 3 April 2013 “Birches.” Tower Books. TOWER.COM INC, 1995-2012. Web. 3 April 2013

  10. Major Literary Works • New Hampshire 1923 • A Witness Tree 1943 • A Further Range 1936 “A Witness Tree.” Abebooks.com. Abebooks.com, 2013. 3 April 2013. “Robert-Frost-A Further Range.”eBay. eBay, 1995. Web. 3 April 2013.

  11. Frost’s Life • Elinor White • Other careers in his life • Importance “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” -Robert Frost “Robert Frost and wife Elinor.” Robert Frost.n.p., n.p.d. Web. 3 April 2013

  12. The End of Frost • Vandalize • Roosevelt Inauguration • Death in January • Literature’s greatest poets “Robert Frost reading his controversial poem at President Kennedy’s Inauguration.”Voices Compassionate Education. n.p.,n.p.d. Web. 3 April 2013.

  13. Works Cited “Poets.” Academy of American Poets 2013. Web. 2 April 2013. “Robert Frost.” Brittannica Concise Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia Brittannica, Inc., 1994-2010. Answers.com. 26 March 2013. “Robert Lee Frost.”2013.The Biography Channel website. 2 April 2013. Shmoop. Shmoop University 2013. Web. 1 April 2013.

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