Robert Frost Research Paper

“So dawn goes down to day, Nothing gold can stay.” Robert Frost (Frost, Robert. Nothing Gold Can Stay). Robert Frost is one of the most famous poets in history and has impacted literature and culture in many ways. Frost impacts culture from his writing style, and his vivid words and imagery.

Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California. At the age of eleven Frost’s father died from tuberculosis, then Frost, his mother, and his sister moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts (Robert Frost). Frost became interested in poetry and writing it during his high school years, and it has stuck with him since. After high school, he attended Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, and then a year later he attended at Harvard University

Frost strayed from the regular poetry theme, and had his own writing style. Frost’s poetry style was symbolic, and he used a rhyming style, which was uncommon for his era. Robert Frost was known for writing about the nineteenth century’s culture, tendencies and traditions unlike the other poets of his age (Robert Frost). By using poetry, Frost wrote about what was happening during his time of life. For example, in Frost’s poem Fire and Ice he writes, “Some say the world will end in fire, Some say the world will end in ice” (Fire and Ice). Fire and Ice was written in the 1920’s, which was two years after World War ended (1918). In one of the lines in Fire and Ice, Frost writes “Some say the world will end in fire”, referring to World War 1, and its disastrous outcome. Another example of Frost including the tendencies of his era, is in his poem Nothing Gold Can Stay. In Frost’s poem Nothing Gold Can Stay, Frost writes, “So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day, Nothing gold can stay” (Frost, Robert. Nothing Gold Can Stay). In these lines, Frost uses rhyming to make a point to society that nothing perfect and beautiful can last forever. Robert Frost spoke of everyday events, and common situations which influenced culture and