1. English 11 Literature #22 Mr. Rinka Robert Frost American Literature 1914-1946

2. Robert Frost http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Frost http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Frost Robert Lee Frost (1874 –1963) was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech.

3. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. One of the most popular and critically respected American poets of his generation, Frost received over 40 honorary degrees and four Pulitzer Prizes.

4. Robert Frost http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/American_Literature/20th_Century/Robert_Frost http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/American_Literature/20th_Century/Robert_Frost Frost was born March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California. When his father died during his childhood, he moved with his mother and sister to Massachusetts. He attended Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire in 1892 but dropped out

5. after a short time, and worked as a teacher and a factory worker. Frost sold his poem “My Butterfly: An Elegy” to The Independent of New York in 1894. The next year he married Elinor Miriam White, his high school friend. The two of them taught school until 1897 when Frost entered Harvard University. He

6. s tudied there two years and then moved to a farm in New Hampshire that his grandfather bought for him. He went back to teaching to support the family. In 1912 Frost and his family moved to England, where he met Ezra Pound, who was one of the first people to review Frost’s work, and

7. other notable poets. He published a book of poetry entitled A Boy’s Will in 1913. He moved back to New Hampshire in 1915 and spent the remainder of his career as a professor in colleges in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Vermont, including the prestigious Amherst College. During his years

8. as a professor he continued to write poetry and plays. Frost died January 29, 1963 in Boston, Massachusetts.

9. “The Death of the Hired Man” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_the_Hired_Man http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_the_Hired_Man "The Death of the Hired Man" is a poem by Robert Frost. Although it was first published in 1915 with other Frost poetry in the North of Boston collection, Frost biographer Harold Bloom notes that the poem was written in 1905 or 1906.

10. “The Death of the Hired Man” The Death of the Hired Man Analysis of Death of a Hired Man

11. “Mending Wall” Mending Wall

12. “Mending Wall” Analysis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mending_Wall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mending_Wall "Mending Wall" is a metaphorical poem written in blank verse, published in 1914, by Robert Frost (1874–1963). The poem appeared as the first selection in Frost's second collection of poetry, North of Boston. It is set in the countryside and is

13. about one man questioning why he and his neighbor must rebuild the stone wall dividing their farms each spring. The neighbor rebuilds the wall without question, quoting "Good fences make good neighbors," a line listed by the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations as a mid 17th century

14. proverb. But Frost's narrator questions the proverb, noting that neither his apple trees nor his neighbor's pine trees are likely to encroach on the other's property. He says, "Before I built a wall I'd ask to know / What I was walling in or walling out / And to whom I was like to give offense." He also observes,

15. both at the poem's opening and again midway through the poem, "Something there is that doesn't love a wall," referring to the forces of nature that bring a wall to decay and require it to be repaired and rebuilt. But the neighbor is not receptive to the narrator's doubts, quoting again at the poem's close

16. that "Good fences make good neighbors.“

17. “The Road Not Taken” The Road Not Taken

18. “The Road Not Taken” Analysis The Road Not Taken Analysis

19. Robert Frost’s Poetry Comments on Robert Frost's Poetry

20. Discussion In a Socratic Seminar explore this topic: Interpret the meaning of the poem (on the next slide) “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost.

21. Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.

22. Additional Assignment #1 Read about other authors and works from this period. American Literature from 1914-1946

23. Additional Assignment #2 Eng 11 Literature Unit 5 Test Take the Unit Test. You must get at least 12 correct answers to be proficient in this portion of the course.

24. English 11 Literature #22 Mr. Rinka Robert Frost American Literature 1914-1946