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Pop Quiz: Where was Robert Frost born?

Whose woods these are I think I know.   
His house is in the village though; 

Answer: San Francisco

Robert Frost (Courtesy Library of Congress)

Robert Frost (Courtesy Library of Congress)

 

Robert Frost was born on March 26, 1874, in San Francisco. One of his most famous poems, “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” (Source: The Poetry Foundation) was published on March 7, 1923. It begins:

 

Whose woods these are I think I know.   
His house is in the village though; 

A video tribute to Frost and more biographical information can be found at this earlier post, “A lover’s quarrel with the world”

Here is brief biographical sketch of Frost from poets.org

Posted on March 4, 2015

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