RobertFrost 　　RobertFrostwasborninSanFranciscoonMarch26,1874.HemovedtoNewEnglandattheageofelevenandbecameinterestedinreadingandwritingpoetryduringhishighschoolyearsinLawrence,Massachusetts.HewasenrolledatDartmouthCollegein1892,andlateratHarvard,thoughheneverearnedaformaldegree. 　　Frostdriftedthroughastringofoccupationsafterleavingschool,workingasateacher,cobbler,andeditoroftheLawrenceSentinel.Hisfirstprofessionalpoem,"MyButterfly,"waspublishedonNovember8,1894,intheNewYorknewspaperTheIndependent. 　　In1895,FrostmarriedElinorMiriamWhite,whobecameamajorinspirationinhispoetryuntilherdeathin1938.ThecouplemovedtoEnglandin1912,aftertheirNewHampshirefarmfailed,anditwasabroadthatFrostmetandwasinfluencedbysuchcontemporaryBritishpoetsasEdwardThomas,RupertBrooke,andRobertGraves.WhileinEngland,FrostalsoestablishedafriendshipwiththepoetEzraPound,whohelpedtopromoteandpublishhiswork. 　　BythetimeFrostreturnedtotheUnitedStatesin1915,hehadpublishedtwofull-lengthcollections,ABoy'sWillandNorthofBoston,andhisreputationwasestablished.Bythenineteen-twenties,hewasthemostcelebratedpoetinAmerica,andwitheachnewbook—includingNewHampshire(1923),AFurtherRange(1936),SteepleBush(1947),andIntheClearing(1962)—hisfameandhonors(includingfourPulitzerPrizes)increased. 　　ThoughhisworkisprincipallyassociatedwiththelifeandlandscapeofNewEngland,andthoughhewasapoetoftraditionalverseformsandmetricswhoremainedsteadfastlyalooffromthepoeticmovementsandfashionsofhistime,Frostisanythingbutamerelyregionalorminorpoet.Theauthorofsearchingandoftendarkmeditationsonuniversalthemes,heisaquintessentiallymodernpoetinhisadherencetolanguageasitisactuallyspoken,inthepsychologicalcomplexityofhisportraits,andinthedegreetowhichhisworkisinfusedwithlayersofambiguityandirony. 　　Ina1970reviewofThePoetryofRobertFrost,thepoetDanielHoffmandescribesFrost'searlyworkas"thePuritanethicturnedastonishinglylyricalandenabledtosayoutloudthesourcesofitsowndelightintheworld,"andcommentsonFrost'scareerasTheAmericanBard:"Hebecameanationalcelebrity,ournearlyofficialPoetLaureate,andagreatperformerinthetraditionofthatearliermasteroftheliteraryvernacular,MarkTwain." 　　AboutFrost,PresidentJohnF.Kennedysaid,"HehasbequeathedhisnationabodyofimperishableversefromwhichAmericanswillforevergainjoyandunderstanding." 　　RobertFrostlivedandtaughtformanyyearsinMassachusettsandVermont,anddiedinBostononJanuary29,1963. 　　Poetry 　　ABoy'sWill(1913) 　　NorthofBoston(1914) 　　MountainInterval(1916) 　　NewHampshire(1923) 　　West-RunningBrook(1928) 　　TheLovelyShallBeChoosers(1929) 　　TheLoneStriker(1933) 　　FromSnowtoSnow(1936) 　　AFurtherRange(1936) 　　AWitnessTree(1942) 　　ComeIn,andOtherPoems(1943) 　　MasqueofReason(1945) 　　SteepleBush(1947) 　　HardNottobeKing(1951)