Happy Wednesday!
Today I decided to do another one of my author fun facts posts, and today I chose the poet Robert Frost. This is another author that I honestly don’t know anything about, but I have heard mention of his name, and that’s about it. I decided to pick him, because I wanted to learn more about him, so that I could know more about the man that a lot of people talk about.
Let’s get these fun facts listed!
- He was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California
- He was named after the Confederate General Robert E. Lee
- He dropped out of college twice
- He sold his first poem for a whopping $15
- He believed that his most famous poem “The Road Not Taken”, was misinterpreted
- He was the first poet to read at a Presidential Inauguration, which was JFK’s
- He has the highest Pulitzer Prize record, due to him winning it four times
- He contemplated suicide when his wife rejected his proposal the first time
- His poems were first published in England, than America
- He was awarded the United States Congressional Gold Medal
I hope you all learned something about Robert Frost that you didn’t already know as I have. As always if you know a fun fact about this poet, please feel free to leave it in the comments below!
References for the facts above, and for further reading please visit these websites:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/91352/11-facts-about-robert-frost
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This was really interesting to read! The Road Not Taken is one of my favourite poems, why did he think it was misinterpreted?
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He said it was a poem about a walk him and his friend took, but people took it to mean how to achieve their dream, which is why he believes it to be misinterpreted.
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Oh wow I didn’t know that. I like the second interpretation more though 😉
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Thanks for all the facts. After reading your post I went and read, “The Road Not Taken” again. I guess it is up to the interpreter to decide how to decipher each poem. Thanks again for posting this.
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NP, and ya I think a lot of people will interpret that poem different ways.
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