8 American Modernism IV—poets in 20th.pptVIP

Robert Frost’s life: Robert Frost was a great poet who was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California. When Frost was two years old, his mother fled to Lawrence, Massachusetts, to get away from her husband, who was a drunkard. She stayed there until her second baby was born, Jeannie, Roberts sister. Then they went back to San Francisco on a train. A few years later, Roberts father died, so they took the body to Lawrence to be buried in the family cemetery. By the time he was 11, Robert Frost had crossed the U.S. three times. After this rough beginning, Robert went on to become a gr