Robert Frost's dad died when he was 11. So his mom went and lived with his grumpy grandpa. Robert worked as a bobbin boy at his grandpa's place. They moved because his grandpa was being so grumpy to them. They moved to a farmhouse. His mom taught school. Robert had a job, too. Later, Robert taught school with his mom and his sister. When he was a school teacher he married a girl named Elinor White. They had a son. Robert went to college so he could be a teacher at college, but he got sick and so did his son. His son got so sick he died. Then Robert quit college. His wife begged his grandpa to pay for a farm for them to live on. His grandpa said okay, but Robert had to work on the farm for 10 years. They had 4 more kids. Robert wrote poems and worked on the farm.
Then he sold the farm and moved to England. In England they accepted his poems. Then the people in America saw how good his poems were and wanted him to come back, so he did because his book was there. He turned into a famous poetry writer and people loved him until he died. And they still love him.
The Pasture
I'm going out to clean the pasture spring;
I'll only stop to rake the leaves away
(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):
I sha'n't be gone long.—You come too.
I'm going out to fetch the little calf
That's standing by the mother. It's so young,
It totters when she licks it with her tongue.
I sha'n't be gone long.—You come too.
by Robert Frost
Ellie's poem, based on The Pasture
I'm going out see the horses
Run and play and stop
And look at me.
I sha'n't be gone long.--You come too.
