History of Poet-ROBERT FROST
- The full name of Robert Frost was ROBERT LEE FROST.
- An American poet.
- Born in San Fransico,California.
- Received four Pulitzer prizes for poetry.
- He was a teacher & later an editor of San Fransico evening bulletin & an unsuccessful candidate for tax collector.
-Published his first poem in his high school's magazine.
-Sold his first poem in 1894,"My Butterfly-An Eligly".
-At the age of 86,he spoke & performed reading of his poetry at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy on january 20, 1961.
-Some two years later,he died in Boston, due to complications from Prostate Surgery on january 29,1963.
-His epitaph reads,"I had a lover's quarrel with the world".
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