Unboxing Robert Frost: American Poet.

 Hi fellow veiwers. Today im going to tell you all about Robert Frost the American Poet. Robert frost wrote the Poem " Nothing Gold Can Stay ". He first wrote poems in America then his work was later published in England. Robert Frost was named after Confederate General Rober E. Lee. Here are some fun facts about Robert Frost:

1. His father was a teacher and later an editor of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin and his mother was a Scottish immigrant. His mother joined the Swedenborgian church (based on the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg) and had him involved in it.
2.  As a young boy, he loved his mother reading to him and from this, he was inspired to become an accomplished writer. Furthermore, this initiated him to an extensive array of literature,
3. During his lifetime, he would receive more than 40 honorary degrees, plus, he is the only person who has won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry four times: in 1924, 1931, 1937 and 1943.

4.  He was the first poet in history to recite a poem at a Presidential inauguration. In 1961, at the age of 87, he was asked to write a poem at the John F. Kennedy inauguration. Although he had written a new poem expressly for the event, he was unable to read it on that day due to the glaring sun. He ended up reciting from memory “The Gift Outright.”

5.  He and his spouse moved to England in 1912, after they failed at farming in New Hampshire. Moreover, he was not finding success with publishing his poems, therefore, the couple moved to England due to the vast range of publishers. In England, he met and was influenced by Robert Graves and Rupert Brooke.
6.  He was also introduced to Ezra Pound (an American critic and poet) who helped to promote and publish his work.
7.  He and his wife Elinor were parents to two sons (Elliott and Carol) and four daughters (Lesley, Irma, Marjorie, and Elinor Bettina). They stayed outside of London, into a cottage in Beaconsfield.

I hope you enjoyed my facts about Robert Frost. He was an amazing Poet but sadly passed away in the late 1800's. My challenge for you is to write a comment about something you know about Robert Frost or one of his poems.