Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California. His father was a writer for the San Francisco Evening Post and a delegate at the Democratic National Convention in 1880. He was never home and often drank and gambled. His mother was a housewife who occasionally had part-time jobs as a teacher. She moved to the United States when she was twelve from Sweden.

In 1885, Robert's father died of tuberculosis. The family was forced to move to Lawrence, Massachusetts where Robert attended high school. At Lawrence High School, Frost published several poems in the school magazine and was named "class

In 1912, at age thirty-eight, Frost sold the farm and took his family to England where he could devote himself entirely to writing poetry. In England, "A Boy's Will" was published by a London publisher. Three years later, the Frosts returned to the United States. Sales of "A Boy's Will" enabled Robert to purchase a farm in Franconia, New Hampshire.

Three years later in 1895 he became engaged to Elinor White. The same girl whom which he shared valedictorian honors with in high school. They were engaged in December.

Frost was a moral poet who wrote about tragedy, love, and nature. His poems were easy to read which made people relate. He often showed appreciation for the natural world. His images- woods, stars, houses, brooks, etc. are all derived from life. It became for Frost a source of insights into deeper design of life. He once said, "Literature begi

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