“Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.” -Robert Frost
San Francisco March 26, 1874 January 29, 1963 “Robert Frost.”NNDB. Soylent Communications, Web. 3 April 2013
Scottish-England background “Moodie” Tuberculosis 1884 Swedenborgian 1881
No formal schooling Salem Deport, New Hampshire Lawrence 1885 Piecework
Dartmouth and Harvard Bates University Cambridge and Oxford 1894 “Saturday Poetry Series Presents: Robert Frost.” As It Ought to Be. Blog at WordPress.com, Web. 3 April 2013
Elinor Authors Imagination and Life Depression
Environment and Nature Tones Iambic meter Rhythmic structure
War First Flight Poetry television broadcast Assassination of JFK
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, Web. 3 April 2013
New Hampshire 1923 A Witness Tree 1943 A Further Range 1936 “Robert-Frost-A Further Range.”eBay. eBay, Web. 3 April “A Witness Tree.” Abebooks.com. Abebooks.com, April 2013.
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
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.
“Poets.” Academy of American Poets Web. 2 April “Robert Frost.” Brittannica Concise Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia Brittannica, Inc., Answers.com. 26 March “Robert Lee Frost.”2013.The Biography Channel website. 2 April Shmoop. Shmoop University Web. 1 April 2013.