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“And they, since they were not the one dead, turned to their affairs” this is a great quote from the famous poet Robert Frost.
This quote comes from his poem ‘’Out, Out’’ which is about a little boy who is doing work and gets his hand cut off in the process. The quote in my mind means that no matter what happens to other people in your life that you will always have to go on. Everyone is given a life and you have to continue with yours in the end even if someone can’t continue with theirs. Robert Frost is a very well known poet from the 1920s and is one of the most famous in American history. Frost had a life full of adventure and love which is the root to some of his poems and what he believes in. Robert Frost is writer who’s modern like poems are inspirational and make you contemplate and wonder about life his home life, the world around him, and his own personal feelings that are bases for his amazing poetry.
Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco California to Isabelle Moodie and William Prescott Frost Jr. When Robert was eleven years old his father died from tuberculosis and his mom including his mother and his sister Jeanie who nine moved to Lawrence Massachusetts where his father was originally from. ("Robert Frost") While attending Lawrence High School Robert started to write poetry and it was being published on his schools bulletin. Also while he was there he met his wife Elinor White who when they graduated shared the valedictorian honor with Mr. Frost. While just graduating from high school Mr. Frost was in a lot of different occupations including a teacher and a newspaper reporter. While working and trying to find a decent job he got his first poem called
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...e poems are inspirational and make you contemplate and wonder about life his home life, the world around him, and his own personal feelings that are bases for his amazing poetry. Even though not all of his poems are based around the exact same thing they still have that deeper meaning that is great to have because it gets people wondering.

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