Tuesday, 29 January 2013

                             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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