In class we have been studying famous NH people. I studied Robert Frost. I’m really excited for the wax museum where we get to show off our projects. I think that the hardest part of this unit was writing our biographies. I’m most proud of my poster because I finished it in one day and it looks great. Focus can help you accomplish lot’s!

Robert Frost, famous poet 

By Michael O’Laughlin 

 One of the most famous poets in the U.S. is Robert Frost. He was born in San Francisco on March 26, 1875. His father was a journalist and his mother was a teacher. His father died in 1885 leaving the family with only $8. He had to move to his grandfather’s house with his mother and sister. But as Robert Frost got older, his talent for writing began. Living at his grandfather’s house was not easy. His grandfather was mean so they moved to Salem New Hampshire. He went to Dartmouth and when he left he got married to a girl named Eleanor Miriam White. Robert and Eleanor had a son named Eliot who unfortunately died at age 8. They had a daughter and moved to Derry New Hampshire, their daughters name was Lesly. Robert Frost also had a lot of other jobs besides writing. Lots of his early jobs might be surprising to you. Robert took his first job as a cobbler nailing heels to boots. Then they moved to Vermont and farmed for nine years. Unfortunately they were unsuccessful. He also worked for a newspaper but quit after a few months. His first jobs were pretty cool and they just got better and better. As the years past he started to write poems. He sent his first poem to a magazine and it was accepted. Frost received over 40 honorary degrees. Then Robert Frost taught at Amherst College. He is most famous for writing poems about rural life. His jobs were surprising and weird, but they were a part of why he is known to day. Robert Frost won many awards and accomplished many achievements. Robert went to Harvard and was writing some of his early poems. When he graduated he won four Pulitzer Prizes. Then he stepped up and earned the Congressional Gold Medal for his poetical works in 1960. He also spoke in front of Kennedy, and that was a big honor. He was a very busy man at that time. Other facts that you may not know is that he had a daughter that died three days after birth. He encouraged his students to use their senses in their writing. He died at age 88. Robert was a loving man that had lots of experience with children. And because of all this he was influenced to become one of the greatest poets ever known.

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