Robert Frost was an early American poet, along with Emily Dickinson. The two lived very diverse lives, as Dickinson was more of an isolated soul. Frost was not so, finishing high school and marrying the woman he fell in love with, and had a family with her. The two had very different writings, along with different depictions of the life they lived and what they experienced. Unlike Dickinson, whose work was published by her sister after the death of the poet, Robert Frost published his works while alive. Robert wrote mostly about the rural life in New England, where he moved after the untimely death of his father in 1885. Before then in 1873, Robert’s mother and father moved to San Francisco, California where William, his father, had established a career in journalism. Robert graduated from high school in 1892. He was top of his class, sharing …show more content…
Both of them shared a passion of poetry. The two were separated by Robert going to Dartmouth College, Elinor to St. Lawrence University. His first achievement was in 1894 when he published “My Butterfly: An Elegy” in The Independent. He left Dartmouth after less than a year. He and Elinor married, but found life difficult. 6 children were born, only 4 lived through. Frost returned to college, attending Harvard University in 1897. After 2 years of study, he left the school. By the time the poet was 40, he had no poetry published. A decision was made after the family lived on the Derry farm. It was given to Frost, and he decided to move to London, to where publishers were perceived to be receptive to new talent. August 1912, the Frost family packed up and sailed across to England. Roberts, carrying with him the sheaves of verses he had written that had not gotten into printing. Within a