They leave us so to the way we took,
As two in whom them were proved mistaken,
That we sit sometimes in the wayside nook,
With mischievous, vagrant, seraphic look,
And try if we cannot feel forsaken.
Robert FrostRobert Frost, In Neglect


The destiny of Robert Frost was really tragic. His father died because of drinking problems. His mother died from cancer. His wife died from a heart attack. His daughter Elinor Bettina died three days after her birth, daughter Marjorie died because of puerperal fever, son Elliot died of cholera, and son Carol committed suicide. Only two daughters outlived the father.

Robert Frost lost so many close people he loved. Some people said that his fame and four Pulitzer Prizes were a kind of “repayment” for all those losses. Do you not think it is far from being enough? Of course, it is not!

Many students like his works, ideas and discuss them during Literature class. The assignment they usually get for this class is to write papers on Robert Frost, describing his life and analyzing the works of the great poet.

So, you also got this assignment to write a paper on Robert Frost for the next class. It will be your first essay on Robert Frost. Do you have any ideas to start writing? Let us help you.

Choose one of his poems you like most of all and analyze in your essay on Robert Frost.
We suggest you analyze his well-known poem The Road Not Taken in your essay on Robert Frost.


* What are those two roads described by the author?
* What road would you choose?
* What road did the narrator choose?
* Was the narrator satisfied with his choice?

Answer these questions in papers on Robert Frost.

Write about Frost’s last days.

What do you know about his last works? Do you know the work written in honor of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration? Write about it in your paper on Robert Frost.
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