1. “Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.” -Robert Frost

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

3.  Scottish-England background  “Moodie”  Tuberculosis 1884  Swedenborgian 1881

4.  No formal schooling  Salem Deport, New Hampshire  Lawrence 1885  Piecework

5.  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.  Elinor  Authors  Imagination and Life  Depression

7.  Environment and Nature  Tones  Iambic meter  Rhythmic structure

8.  War  First Flight  Poetry television broadcast  Assassination of JFK

9.  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.  New Hampshire 1923  A Witness Tree 1943  A Further Range 1936 “Robert-Frost-A Further Range.”eBay. eBay, 1995. Web. 3 April 2013. “A Witness Tree.” Abebooks.com. Abebooks.com, 2013. 3 April 2013.

11.  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.  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. “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.