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    Wild Grapes & Other Selected Poetry
    Wild Grapes & Other Selected Poetry
    Wild Grapes & Other Selected Poetry
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    Wild Grapes & Other Selected Poetry

    By Robert Frost

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    Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that the English language has produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft and cement their place in our heritage. In this volume we look further at the works of the eminent American writer Robert Frost.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCopyright Group
    Release dateAug 20, 2013
    ISBN9781780009926
    Wild Grapes & Other Selected Poetry
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    Robert Frost

    Robert Frost (1874–1963) was a poet who was much admired for his depictions of rural life in New England, command of American colloquial speech, and realistic verse portraying ordinary people in everyday situations.

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      Wild Grapes & Other Selected Poetry - Robert Frost

      Robert Frost – Wild Grapes & Other Selected Poetry

      Poetry is a fascinating use of language.  With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that the English language has produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries.  In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft and cement their place in our heritage.  In this volume we look further at the works of the eminent American writer Robert Frost.

      Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26th 1874 in San Francisco, California. His first few years were spent in the City until with the death of his father on May 5, 1885 the family moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts to be with Robert’s grandfather; William Frost, Sr.

      Frost graduated from Lawrence High School in 1892 after publishing his first poem in his high school's magazine.   He then attended the prestigious Dartmouth College for two months, gaining acceptance to the Theta Delta Chi fraternity and then returned home, first to teach and then rather more menial jobs including delivering newspapers, and working in a light bulb factory.

      In 1894 he sold his first poem, My Butterfly. An Elegy (published November 8, 1894) for $15. Proud of his accomplishment, he proposed marriage to Elinor Miriam White, but she demurred. Frost then went on an excursion to the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and asked Elinor again upon his return. Having graduated, she agreed, and they were married at Lawrence, Massachusetts on December 19, 1895.

      Frost attended Harvard University from 1897–1899, but he left due to illness. Shortly before dying, Robert's grandfather purchased a farm for Robert and Elinor in Derry, New Hampshire; and Robert worked the farm for nine years, while writing many of the poems that would later become famous. Ultimately his farming proved unsuccessful and he returned to the field of education as an English teacher at New Hampshire's Pinkerton Academy from 1906 to 1911 and then the New Hampshire Normal School.

      In 1912 Frost sailed with his family to Great Britain, to settle in Beaconsfield, just outside London. His first book of poetry, ‘A Boy's Will’, was published in 1913 and the following year ‘North of Boston’.

      With the advent of the Great War Frost returned to America in 1915 and bought a farm in Franconia, New Hampshire and launched a career of writing, teaching and lecturing.  During the years 1916–20, 1923–24, and 1927–1938, Frost taught English at Amherst College in Massachusetts, notably encouraging his students to account for the myriad

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