Robert Frost Research Paper

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."("A Quote by Robert Frost."). Robert Frost, four time Pulitzer Prize winner and influential American author, grew up without a father for a majority of his childhood but that never stopped him. Frost's mother was a believer of Swedenborgianism, a Swedish mystical belief ("Robert Frost Letters Unveiled, Show Great Poet's Thoughts on Religion."); He stood in opposition to his mother's belief and felt as if he had to discover a worldview that would better meet his beliefs. Robert Frost's ever changing life gives insight into his worldview, as seen through his descriptive works and thought provoking lectures. Robert Frost, son of William Prescott Frost Jr. and Isabelle

His first writing venture was rather successful and would come to make Frost the author we know today. Frost's success gave him confidence enough to propose to Elinor, but she felt as if it was too soon and declined, only to say yes to his next proposal the year after. Frost would later attend the prestigious Harvard University for two years, but was forced to drop out due to health concerns and return to Lawrence. A year later Frost moved his family to a farm in New Hampshire. His time on the farm was the most beneficial time period for his writing career. He began to enjoy the rural life and would use his farm as the setting in a majority of his works. Although he was successful in his writings, he was not as successful with the publication of his works. Due to his lack of success publishing his works, Frost moved to England to better his chances and to collaborate with established poets to better his works. Not long after his move to England, Frost met Ezra Pound and Edmund Thomas. Pound and Thomas would be very influential in Frost's life and writing career. Frost gained a plethora of knowledge from these two writers, but the time was short lived; Frost was forced to move back to America due to World War One ("Robert Frost." ). Upon his return home, he brought his fame and reputation of which he acquired in England with him. He later met

Like the man himself, the poems are often more than they seem."(559). As stated in the textbook, Frost may have come across as a simple man, but in fact his thought is deeper than it may seem. Frost may have claimed the he was an "Old Testament Christian" that had a focus on the Torah and Old Testament, although his writings and lectures contradict his claims ("Robert Frost Letters Unveiled, Show Great Poet's Thoughts on Religion."). Frost's biographers have noted his agnostic beliefs of which he expressed in his writings and lectures. On the surface he tried to appear as if he were Christian, but his writings gave a different story. Fifty years after Frost's death, an assortment of religious writings by Frost would give further insight into his personal beliefs ("Robert Frost Letters Unveiled, Show Great Poet's Thoughts on Religion." ). He claimed that his worldview would fall under the classification of Christianity, due to his expressed belief in God and biblical teachings. Even though Frost claimed to have a belief in God, he was always skeptical about the supernatural. He expressed his disbelief in God, which was not known until after his death, through his lectures during his later years teaching. One may never fully comprehend Frost's worldview, but the evidences he left tell a story of an agnostic man on the verge of