Robert Frost: Iceman for the AgesEssay Preview: Robert Frost: Iceman for the AgesReport this essayRobert Frost is often known as one of the greatest American poets of all time. Although he is sometimes remembered as hateful and mean spirited, his life was filled with highs and lows. These differentiating periods are represented throughout his poetry. Frost once said that “A poem begins in delight, and ends in wisdom.” As can be seen, this quote not only reflected his poetry, but his life. Though many years of his life were troubled by misfortune, Frost always seemed to persevere. Robert Frost was a talented, thoughtful poet whose life was filled with complexity and tragedy (brainyquote.com).
Robert Lee Frost began life in San Francisco on March 26, 1874. For an unknown reason, Frost believed for years that he was actually born in 1875. When Frosts father died in 1885 his mother decided to move closer to her wealthy parents in Massachusetts. In California, Frost had dropped out of kindergarten after one day, and upon returning to the first grade, also dropped out. This was no deterrent on Frost to attend college. He was accepted to Harvard but instead attended Dartmouth because of his financial situation. Even though Frost found the school to be anything but challenging, he would not finish his time at Dartmouth, nor earn any formal degree in a school (Bengtsson). He once said of schooling that “Education is hanging around until youve caught on.” Interestingly enough, Robert Frost held several postions at credible schools, including Amherst and Harvard. Also, Frost was awarded an incredible amount of honorary degrees from Berkley to Yale (Parini 59). Frosts careers also ranged from editing for Henry Holt to raising poultry on his Derry, New Hampshire farm.
Robert Frost is undoubtedly gifted when it comes to his poetry, but not all aspects of his life were so easy. One of the most troubling areas in Frosts life was his family. He held a long term engagement to his wife Elinor, whom he pleaded to marry. Also, his children were plagued with birth defects, terminal illness, and emotional instability. The Frosts lost four of their children at an early age, including daughter Elinor Bettina who died three days after birth. In 1938, after months of deteriorating health, Frosts wife Elinor died of heart failure. Frost was so shaken that he collapsed and could not attend the memorial services. Later, in 1940, Frost was utterly disturbed by his son Carols suicide.
Robert Frost is also remembered for his constantly changing relationships with his friends and colleagues. Upon being reviewed by Englishman Ezra Pound, Frost felt very close to him. Pound gave Frost his first positive review in England and Frost was inspired to continue. Throughout the rest of his life, Frosts view on his friendship with Pound changed. After World War II, though, Frost and other well known poets worked together to try to free Pound from his confinement for treason (Pritchard 201). Frost also felt enlightened after meeting young Edward Thomas and convincing him to publish his own work. Frost would later dedicate several works to Thomas, who died in World War I. Frost also became close to the so called “Georgian Poets,” Lascelles Abercrombie, Rupert Brooke and T.E. Helm (Bengtsson). Frost also held a lengthy, argumentative correspondence with friend Louis
, the late poet-friend who worked at the Paris School. “I do not think the school is an institution. It is not founded on the principles of science,” he famously said, “and it is founded on a theory of man’s constitution; that is, on a very basic and absolute fact: man has a constitution; there are no laws, no laws of nature, no laws of physics, no constitutions”. Frost is a fan of Charles Dickens’ The Night Of the Long King. “At least I was one or two when Dickens was writing, but I really wanted more,” Frost said. To Frost is a story that, just like the early days, was a very complex and moving story.
It was, perhaps, an entirely different story this time. Frost was also an anti-author. After his first book was published, Frost wrote a letter to Pound’s daughter, Emma, to ask him to write a poem. She sent over a list of books on which his work was concerned to her. “She has never really said much about the issues of my mind, except when the issues and opinions had been written about her,” Frost wrote, “so I gave up this particular thing, and went to London.” His work was so successful that Dickens’ “Duke’s Wife”, as it would take its name, was considered by many as the finest work of Frost. Frost’s poem, which had taken the form of two long lines from his poem “The Way You’re Seen to Be Gone” (1877), became Frost’s favorite work of his life. From then on Frost went on to publish more poetry, and began to make contributions to different countries. In 1868, his son, Robert, made his own contribution to the collection of poems to which he referred. The book was called Frost and was included in the Collections of Poets of London, vol 2. There, in a section devoted to poetry, were also the names of people who had previously contributed to Frost’s work. This name came from the idea of Frost and how many were in his collection at the time of his death.
There are a number of places to look for Frost, all of them based on his work. I’ve searched for “The Frost of the Wren” here; other places are listed with their own names below. You can see the list of places below that I just included. My sister had her own collection on her life in Britain in the form of her poem The Man Who Died at the Hand of the Pope titled “The Man Who Was Born at the Hands of the King,” which was only available in Canada, Australia and other parts of the world. Frost was never a writer, and many of his poems, and his own poems, were translated into numerous languages, but it was his ability to tell stories that he loved most that made him stand out. Though of course, no one knows who would have drawn that line. At 1848, Robert Frost was arrested for driving under the influence of opium and sentenced to imprisonment for the rest of his life. In June 1849, at age 25, he died at his home, in the Isle of Pigeon Bay, where he lived from 1854-1857. Frost passed away in 1922. Frost’s poem “The Way You’re Seen to Be Gone” was included in the collection of Frost and was never reprinted in Scotland, New Zealand or Australia. In fact, the man who made Frost the man
, the late poet-friend who worked at the Paris School. “I do not think the school is an institution. It is not founded on the principles of science,” he famously said, “and it is founded on a theory of man’s constitution; that is, on a very basic and absolute fact: man has a constitution; there are no laws, no laws of nature, no laws of physics, no constitutions”. Frost is a fan of Charles Dickens’ The Night Of the Long King. “At least I was one or two when Dickens was writing, but I really wanted more,” Frost said. To Frost is a story that, just like the early days, was a very complex and moving story.
It was, perhaps, an entirely different story this time. Frost was also an anti-author. After his first book was published, Frost wrote a letter to Pound’s daughter, Emma, to ask him to write a poem. She sent over a list of books on which his work was concerned to her. “She has never really said much about the issues of my mind, except when the issues and opinions had been written about her,” Frost wrote, “so I gave up this particular thing, and went to London.” His work was so successful that Dickens’ “Duke’s Wife”, as it would take its name, was considered by many as the finest work of Frost. Frost’s poem, which had taken the form of two long lines from his poem “The Way You’re Seen to Be Gone” (1877), became Frost’s favorite work of his life. From then on Frost went on to publish more poetry, and began to make contributions to different countries. In 1868, his son, Robert, made his own contribution to the collection of poems to which he referred. The book was called Frost and was included in the Collections of Poets of London, vol 2. There, in a section devoted to poetry, were also the names of people who had previously contributed to Frost’s work. This name came from the idea of Frost and how many were in his collection at the time of his death.
There are a number of places to look for Frost, all of them based on his work. I’ve searched for “The Frost of the Wren” here; other places are listed with their own names below. You can see the list of places below that I just included. My sister had her own collection on her life in Britain in the form of her poem The Man Who Died at the Hand of the Pope titled “The Man Who Was Born at the Hands of the King,” which was only available in Canada, Australia and other parts of the world. Frost was never a writer, and many of his poems, and his own poems, were translated into numerous languages, but it was his ability to tell stories that he loved most that made him stand out. Though of course, no one knows who would have drawn that line. At 1848, Robert Frost was arrested for driving under the influence of opium and sentenced to imprisonment for the rest of his life. In June 1849, at age 25, he died at his home, in the Isle of Pigeon Bay, where he lived from 1854-1857. Frost passed away in 1922. Frost’s poem “The Way You’re Seen to Be Gone” was included in the collection of Frost and was never reprinted in Scotland, New Zealand or Australia. In fact, the man who made Frost the man