Robert Frost's Accomplishments

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“I was so interested in baseball that my family was afraid I’d waste my life and be a pitcher. Later, they were afraid I’d waste my life and be a poet...They were right.” This quote was spoken by Robert Frost. Frost was a renowned american poet who had an explicit writing style. Throughout his life, Frost had achieved his reputation through his numerous accomplishments. Despite Frost’s triumphs, he experienced countless trials and tribulations. For starters, Frost’s life began in the city of San Francisco, California, on March 26, 1874. He lived in San Francisco for eleven years until his father died. Shortly after his father’s death, Frost’s mother and sister moved to Salem New hampshire. However, at the age of fourteen, Frost started attending …show more content…

Frost’s style was more modern and had a specific theme and used repetition. The theme that portrays in a few of Frost’s work is bleak. An example of this is in the poem, “Out, Out” where it says, “They listened to at his heart. Little-less-nothing!” To summarize, this poem was about a boy handling a buzzsaw who accidentally sawed his hand off and died. This shows that Frost style is bleak because death is an excessively dreary subject. Another example of Frost’s grim theme is in the poem, “Acquainted with the Night” where it says, “I have been one acquainted with the night...I have looked down the saddest city lane.” To recap, this poem is about a man who walks through a city during the night in solitude. This is an example of Frost’s bleak writing style because the idea of loneliness is depressing to many people. Another poetic element that is used by frost is repetition. For instance, in the poem, “Acquainted with the Night” it says, “I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain-and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light.” This portrays repetition because the phrase “I have” is repeatedly used at the beginning of the poem’s lines. As a result of the poetic elements, the poem’s mood can be deciphered, thus, constructing the readers experience reading the

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