Robert FrostRobert Frost is a name familiar to many people for his poetry and less familiar for his thought-provoking quotes. He once said, “I took the road less traveled, and it made all the difference,” which it indeed did. His life consisted of many twists and turns that, in someone else, could prove to be a hindrance to someone's success. Frost took advantage of bad times and turned them into good ones; changing his streak about America as a great poet.Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874, in San Francisco, California, to Isabelle Moodie Frost, known as Bell, and William Prescott Frost (Costello). During his early childhood, the Frost family lived in a small apartment. His father was a journalist and his mother stayed at home to raise her son (Angyal 556). Frost's father was an alcoholic, gambler, and devoted politician (Ron Carnell) during Robert's childhood, so his mother protected him from abuse by teaching him inspirational literature and reading scripts from the Bible (Angyal 557). It was during this difficult period, at such a tender age, that Robert's poetic niche began. Robert's father died in 1885 from tuberculosis, when Frost was only 11 years old. The rest of his family moved east to join his grandparents (Angyal 557). This was the beginning of his famous New England-themed poetry. They were located in Lawrence, Massachusetts during much of Frost's late childhood and adolescence (Angyal557). To support the family, Bell began teaching at a local elementary school. Robert helped with expenses with small part-time jobs between school (Angyal 558). Robert Frost was an excellent student; achievement in sports, debate and editor of the school newspaper. Robert graduated from middle of paper......enate on his 75th birthday March 16, 1950, awarded honorary doctorates by the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and even took the opportunity to recite "The Gift Outright” at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy in 1961, then to overshadow his victories, he entered a hospital for prostate cancer (Angyal 561). Robert Frost's last award was the Bollingen Prize for Poetry before his death on January 19, 1963 (Angyal 561). His life was filled with fullness. Talent surrounded him from the start, and Frost embraced it like no other. He fell in love with a wonderful woman from whom they had 6 children; 2 died very young and became an American legend for his beautiful poetry about the part of his native country he loved most: New England. America will look back on Robert Frost as an icon of wonderful literature and survive the difficult times that life may throw at him..