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My Butterfly. An Elegy.

Robert Lee Frost was born on the 26th of March 1874 in San Francisco and lived till he was 88 years of age. He has won 4 Pulitzer Prizes for his writing. He married Elinor Miriam White and together they had 6 children. He was educated at Lawrence High School and Dartmouth College. He was much admired for his depictions of the rural life in New England, his command of American colloquial speech, and his realistic verse portraying ordinary people in everyday situations.







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A US stamp showing Robert Frost in 1974

A US stamp showing Robert Frost in 1974






“A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom”

Robert Frost





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“A Late Walk” performed as a song.





The Robert Frost Farm in Derry, New Hampshire, where he wrote many of his poems, including “Tree at My Window” and “Mending Wall.”

The Robert Frost Farm in Derry, New Hampshire, where he wrote many of his poems, including “Tree at My Window” and “Mending Wall.”





Published in 1916 in the collection Mountain Interval

Published in 1916 in the collection Mountain Interval