![]() AUTHOR’S WORDSįrost lived through World War I and World War II, however the time period that he wrote the poems listed above are closer in time to World War I. One of his final quotes was, ‘I had a lover’s quarrel with the world.'(Frost 5) Frost loved the world, but he didn’t always agree with everything it did. Frost later died in Boston at age 89 on January 29th, 1963. He received over 40 honorary degrees, the congressional gold medal, four Pulitzer prizes, and he also spoke at JFK’s inauguration. Frost went on to publish many works and gained many accolades. However, this victory was short-lived due to the start of World War I which prompted Frost to leave England back to New Hampshire and start his teaching career at Amherst college. When he was there, a critic named Ezra Pound enjoyed Frost’s work very much and gave him a good review. This did not go very well and in 1912 Frost took his family to England to pursue his writing career. Life then became harder and Frost and Eleanor tried to support their family by teaching and farming. Together they had six children of which two died. ‘ They published his poem titled ‘My butterfly.’ However, Frost later left Dartmouth and in 1885 he married Eleanor. His first publication was in 1894 to ‘The Independent. Frost started to take an interest in poetry when he attended Dartmouth college. Frost’s father died in 1885 which caused their family to move to Lawrence Massachusetts where he attended high school and graduated top of his class along with his future wife Eleanor White. Robert Frost was born on March 26th, 1874 to a journalist named William Prescott Frost Jr. Frost expresses the importance of choices all throughout his poems. Choices make up what nations are and what they stand for. In war, choices can determine who the victor and who the loser are. In ‘The Road Not Taken’ The idea of making decisions and how they could affect the rest of your life and the lives of others is seen throughout the entire poem. Robert Frost is most well known for his poems ‘The Road Not Taken’ and ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.’ Both of these poems have messages that can be compared to actions taken in the first World War. ![]()
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