Although Robert Frost is widely known as a New England poet, he was actually born in San Francisco, California, on March 26, 1874 (American Writers 150). His father, William Prescott Frost, was a native of New England,and his mother, Isabelle Moodie Frost, was a Scottish emigrant from Edinburgh. They met while they were both teaching school in Lewiston, Pennsylvania, and moved west after their marriage (Robert Frost 5).

The relationship between Robert's father and mother was later a major influence on the subject of his poems in his collection, "North of Boston." In this collection, there were frequent appearances of instances where husbands and wives were at odds due to their inability to communicate their feelings and to find common ground. These grueling portraits seemed to depict the Frost's failing marriage (Parini 10).

Many of the problems in the family were caused by William's overuse of alcohol. A few months after Robert's birth, William began to get a

Frost entered Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Massachusetts in1888. He succeeded the most during his senior year being head of his class, a star on the football team, chief editor of the school newspaper, a prominent member of the debating team, and had already passed the Harvard College entrance exams (Robert Frost: the Early Years 108). He also started to read and write poetry. Many of his works were published in the school newspaper. At that time some of his poems were based on poems he had read (Emily Dickinson's) or nature (Parini 25).

Even though Robert only knew his father for eleven years, he absorbed many of his traits. Like his father, Robert had a drive to make something of himself. He also had his father's disposition; his attitude swinging from times of self-confidence (" I expect to do something to the present state of literature in America") to times of self-doubt ("I have been bad and a bad artist").

The move to England was the best action Frost took to help his writing career. After his first book was accepted, it took Robert only eight months to complete a majority of the poems that make up his second collection, North of Boston. By late spring nearly a dozen poems were completed including "Mending Wall," "Home Burial," "After Apple Picking," and "Birches," some of Frost's best known poems (Parini 123).

In December 1962 Frost underwent prostate surgery for a condition that had plagued him for many years. The surgery revealed cancer in his prostate that had spread to his bladder. The surgery was successful, the cancerous tissue had been removed. While in recovery, Frost suffered an embolism that nearly killed him. On January 27, 1963 Robert Frost died after suffering from another embolism (Parini 439).

Robert's wish was finally granted when he married Elinor a in December 1895, a year after he had run away (Chalton 42). Their first son Elliot was born on September 25.

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