American POET : ROBERT FROST

Biography : personal life

1874 – 1963 . Born in San Francisco.

At 11 , moved to Massachusetts.

Married at twenty . Studied at Harvard .

BIOGRAPHY:WORK LIFE

Number of jobs before farming .

Farm was a failure .Only local newspaper

accepted his writing .

BIOgraphy: begininng as a poet

Poems set in New England .

Settings at farms or rural areas .

Biography :- processing as a poet

Moved to New England . offered collected works to

publisher .A Boy ’ s Will – 1913 .

North Of Boston – 1914 . Famous .

Home in – 1915 .

Biography : succeeding as a poet One of the most popular

American ports . Pulitzer Prize - 1st position

in 1924 . Read poems at JFK inauguration – 1961 .

An example of Robert frost ’ s poetry

“ The Secrets Sits ” We dance round in a ring

and suppose , But the Secret sits in the middle and knows

.

remember !Geometric principle : -

Circle ( “ ring ” ) . Equal distance from

center ( “ middle” ) . No one is nearer to “

secret” .Alliteration : -

Use of similar consonants .

Question !Question - 1 Who are the “

we “ mentioned in line one ?

Answer - 1 People in general .

Question !Question - 2 Describe the personification in line two ?

Answer - 2 The “ Secret ” is personified as sitting in the middle of a ring of dancers

and knowing .

Question !Question - 3 How might the poem be a description of a

life ?Answer - 3 People constantly

seek to known the “ meaning of it all , ” but no one can get closer to this

“ Secret “ than anyone else .

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