Alexa &+Jake

=  Robert Frost =



 Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco. Robert soon moved to New England with his mother after his father died in 1875 and was raised there. He was a bright boy and attended both Harvard and Dartmouth, but did not earn a degree. Robert had multiple jobs, he was a farmer, an editor, and a school teacher. Robert Frost married a lady named Jeanie and they had 2 kids. Robert Frost received many awards in his lifetime. He won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1924, 1931, 1937, and 1943. He also was voted a gold medal in 1960 by Congress. Robert even recited his poem "The Gift Outright" at John F. Kennedy's inauguration. In Robert Frost's poems, he writes about New England landscapes and nature. Robert wrote many books filled with poems. His first one was "A Boy's Will." (1913) The last one he wrote was "In the Clearing." (1962) Robert Lee Frost died sadly in 1963 at the age of 88. Robert Frost was a very influential man. He himself was influenced by many things to create wonderful and creative pieces of poetry. Classical poets, especially Horace, inspire him most of the time. Sometimes he was praised for being a direct and straightforward writer. In his poems, his effects depend on a certain slyness for which the reader must be prepared for. When he writes longer poems, he writes more about complex subjects in a complex way. He used New England characters, idioms, & settings, recalling the roots of American culture, to get at universal experience. His poetry reflects a dark side, yet reveals a strong faith. Frost once quoted, “In the creative act, a certain impulse or state of mind precedes the writing of the poem. Next comes what Stevenson called ‘a visitation of style’, a power to find words which will somehow convey the impulse.”

 ** NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY **
 * By Robert Frost **

** Nature's first green is gold, ** **The Cycle of Time**  ** By Jake **
 * Her hardest hue to hold. **
 * Her early leaf's a flower; **
 * But only so an hour. **
 * Then leaf subsides to leaf. **
 * So Eden sank to grief, **
 * So dawn goes down to day. **
 * Nothing gold can stay. **

** Birds chirp, **
 * And newborn babies burp. **
 * Flowers bloom, **
 * And growth zooms. **

** Then the heat starts to fly, **
 * And people on the beach look up in the sky. **
 * Ice cold lemonade galore, **
 * There is always a thirst for more. **

** Leaves turn orange yellow and red, not some but all, **
 * And soon they begin to fall. **
 * Some animals may become rude, **
 * While they look to store some extra food. **

** Then snow flakes start to drift down, **
 * There is not even a sound. **
 * Families stay warm indoors, **
 * Hoping they have enough firewood in store. **

** Birds chirp, **
 * And newborn babies burp. **
 * Flowers bloom, **
 * And growth zooms. **

// **Bond and Free ** //  ** By Robert Frost **



code Love has earth to which she clings With hills and circling arms about— Wall within wall to shut fear out. But Thought has need of no such things, For Thought has a pair of dauntless wings.

On snow and sand and turf, I see Where Love has left a printed trace With straining in the world’s embrace. And such is Love and glad to be. But Thought has shaken his ankles free.

Thought cleaves the interstellar gloom And sits in Sirius’ disc all night, Till day makes him retrace his flight, With smell of burning on every plume, Back past the sun to an earthly room.

His gains in heaven are what they are. Yet some say Love by being thrall And simply staying possesses all In several beauty that Thought fares far To find fused in another star. code  __**Summer is coming**__ <span style="color: #1bc51b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; text-align: center;"> By Alexa Canzano

<span style="color: #1bc51b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> The smell is so fresh, It’s like a whole new world. The flowers are blooming, As the world is zooming.

<span style="color: #1bc51b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> The weather is getting hotter, & the summer is getting closer. Every cloud in the sky is as fluffy as a jar of fluff, When you open it for the first time.

<span style="color: #1bc51b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> The trees grow bigger, As the leaves turn greener. The birds chirp louder, As the new baby chicks are born.

<span style="color: #1bc51b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"> The sun continues to beat, As it sets over the horizon. I know summer’s coming, I just wish it would come sooner.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Bibliography
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