The Story of Robert Frost

“I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference” (Frost 19-20). Many famous lines like these have been written at different periods of Robert Frost’s life. Most of his poems can tie back to a specific time and place in Frost’s lifetime. Different poems convey various emotions as Frost writes about many personal struggles and successes that he encountered in his lifetime. Robert Frost portrays his childhood, marriage, and adulthood through his various poems, like “A Peck of Gold,” “Birches,” ”The Thatch,” and “The Birds Do Thus.”

To begin with, a poem that represents Frost’s childhood is “A Peck of Gold.” Robert Frost once said, “But I was one of the children told / some of the dust was really gold” (Frost 7-8). This poem talks about Frost’s walks with his mother around the city. He lived in San Francisco and would notice the Golden Gate Bridge and the lasting impacts of the Gold Rush on the town as he walked. As Frost noticed these things, he would come to the conclusion that some of the things he saw must really be made of gold. This poem is able to show how mystified Frost was by the city in which he lived. It also shows just how close he and his mother were. Just as “A Peck of Gold” represented his childhood, the poem “Birches” does as well.

Next, in the poem “Birches” he thoroughly describes many periods of the time he had as a child growing up. Line after line it’s evident that Robert Frost’s childhood was somewhat lonely, which allowed him to be very creative and make do with what he had. He wrote, “Some boy too far from town to learn baseball, / Whose only play was what he found himself” (Frost 25-26). These lines show that Frost didn’t spend much time with friends. He had to conjure up ideas and di...

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...rsonal experiences he has gone through. From poem to poem you learn more about the things he’s experienced and the lessons he’s learned from them. One of Frost’s most famous quotes reflecting back on his topsy-turvy life is: “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on” (Frost Goodreads).

Works Cited

Frost, Robert. “A Peck of Gold.” Paper Portitude. Paper Portitude, n.d. Web. 5 March 2014.

Frost, Robert. “Birches.” Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation, n.d. Web. 20 March 2014.

Frost, Robert. “Goodreads.” Goodreads. Goodreads, n.d. Web. 20 March 2014.

Frost, Robert. “The Birds Do Thus.” Singspirations. Singspirations, 3 March 2012. Web. 20 March 2014.

Frost, Robert. “The Road Not Taken.” Mountain Interval. Mountain Interval, n.d. Web. 5 March 2014.

Frost, Robert. “The Thatch.” Paper Portitude. Paper Portitude, n.d. Web. 20 March 2014.