Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26, 1874 to Isabelle and William Prescott Frost. In 1885, at age 11, Frost's father died. As a result Robert moved with his mother and sister Jeanie to Lawrence, Massachusetts. In 1895 Robert married Elanor White, his high school sweetheart, and began a teaching job at a local school. His first son Elliot was born on September 25, 1896 followed by his daughter Leslie on April 28, 1899. In 1899 Frost's mother Isabelle, his first son Elliot, passed away. In 1902, Elanor gave birth to Frost's second son, Carol. Frost then decided to move with his wife and daughter to a small farm outside Derry, New Hampshire. In 1905, Elanor had another daughter, Majorie. Following Majori

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It is quiet obvious that the Depression was a time of great change for him mentally as shown in his writing. The switch of his general images and main topics witch is unarguably due to the depression.

Another aspect attributed to the cause of the depression is the failure of financial institutions. There were a growing number of private and public financial institutions, yet none were regulated by the government. Prices at the stock market were at all time highs, while people were buying stock on margin. Industrial stocks were selling at an unheard of 16:1 price to earnings ratio. A 10:1 price to earnings ratio is considered safe. Then in October 29, 1929 the inevitable hit, and the stock market had the largest sell off in history. By the end of the year, a net amount of $15 billion was lost. The withdrawal of American dollars from foreign markets eventually caught up with the rest of the world, as Europe fell victim to the decrease in revenue. Author Arthur S. Link explains, "The unstable worlds economy plus Europe's economic dependence on America proved fatal once American credit dried up."

Just the titles of the poems in New Hampshire, published in 1923, reveal the allusions to nature: A Star in a Stoneboat, Dust of Snow, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Robert Frost's poem Spring Pools in West Running Brook is one of the best examples of the use of natural references:

After the onset of the depression Robert Frost enters another phase of his poetry, in which he shifts his topics from man and nature, to man and man. Dr. James L. Potter, professor of literature and criticism ant Trinity College, has a coinciding view on the themes of Robert Frost's poetry, "There are also many poems reflecting an interest in humanity independent of nature." Two Tramps in Mud Time is an example of this man and man relationship, in which the subjects confront each other:

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