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Robert Frost is a very widely known poet. He
is very famous for his successful poems, including four Pulitzer prizes. He won his first Pulitzer in 1924 for New Hampshire.
He won his second in 1931; his third was won in 1937 for A Further Range. Finally Robert won his fourth Pulitzer in 1943 for
A Witness Tree. But what about his early career as a poet? How did he become so successful?
Robert Frost
wasn’t always that successful. After he had moved to Massachusetts he had one of his poems, My Butterfly, published
by the New York Independent. He continued working and writing, then he moved to New Hampshire. While in New Hampshire he had
attempted to get his poem published in The Atlantic Monthly. But instead of publishing them they responded telling him that
they have no place for them. Being rejected like that did not stop Robert though.
Robert Frost and his family eventually made their way to England in 1912, because of their failing farm. While in England
he had published A Boy’s Will and North of Boston and had made an identity for himself as a poet. Upon moving back to
New Hampshire the very same Atlantic Monthly that had previously rejected him now is asking him for his work. He then sent
them the same poems he sent the first time.
Successes and Critics
In 1920 Robert Frost bought another farm and founded the Bread Loaf School and Conference of English. By now Robert
Frost was quite famous and well established. Among some of his honors were a tribute in 1950 from the U.S. Senate, the American
Academy of Poets in 1953, in 1956 New York University, and finally in 1958 the Huntington Hartford Foundation. In 1958 he
also was made the Library of Congress poetry consultant. In 1962 Robert Frost won two Medals, one was The Congressional Gold
Medal and the other was The Edward MacDowell Medal. In 1961 at John Kennedy’s Presidential inauguration Robert Frost
was asked to go and recite some poems. He ended up reading a new poem called The Preface, and one called The Gift Outright.
Robert also went and talked with Nikita Khrushchev in the Soviet Union.
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| This is Robert Frost when he was asked to recite a poem at President Kennedy's Inauguration |
Robert
Frost was a very successful man as a poet. He had a rough life at times but managed to express himself through poetry and
make quite a name for himself. Much of the time his work was highly praised and accepted. Some people, in the 30’s criticized
his work saying that it lacked seriousness. In 1966 Lawrance Thompson presented Robert as not happy, sort of putting him in
a bad light. In 1999 Jay Parini made Robert Frost appear to be a lonely man, who liked company and desired to be accepted.
In conclusion Robert Frost made many remarkable accomplishments. He won many prized awards, published many poems, and
even was invited to participate in many important events. He was a very gifted man that was successful in his day and is still
a widely known poet in today’s society.
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