阅读理解。RobertFrostwasoneofAmerica'sbestknownandmosthonoredseriouswriters.Buthisfamecamelateinhislife.HewasborninSanFranciscoCaliforniain1874.HelivedinCaliforniaduringhisearlychildhood
阅读理解。
RobertFrostwasoneofAmerica'sbestknownandmosthonoredseriouswriters.Buthisfamecame
lateinhislife.
HewasborninSanFranciscoCaliforniain1874.HelivedinCaliforniaduringhisearlychildhood.HewasnamedafterthechiefSoutherngeneralinAmerica'sCivilWar.Thegeneral'snamewasRobert
EdwardLee.ThepoetwasnamedRobertLeeFrostbecausehisfatherwantedtohonorthegeneral.
SomeoneonceaskedanotherAmericanwriterErnestHemingwayhowtobecomeawriter.Thebest
thinghesaidwastohaveanunhappychildhood.IfthisistrueRobertFrost'schildhoodwasunhappy
enoughtomakehimaverygoodwriter.RobertFrost'sfatherwasareporterwhowantedtobea
politician.Heoftendranktoomuchwineandbecameangry.Robertwasthevictimofhisanger.
RobertFrostfinishedhighschoolin1891.AfterhighschoolRobert'sgrandfatherofferedtopayhis
costsatDartmouthCollege.ButRobertlefttheschoolafterafewmonths.Hedidnotlikeit.Hespentthenextfewyearsworkingatdifferentjobs.Atonetimeheworkedinafactory.Laterherepairedshoes.Hewasateacher.Hewasareporter.Alwayshewrotepoetry.
RobertFrostattendedHarvardUniversityfortwoyears.Afterthathereturnedtothemanyjobshe
heldbefore.ForawhileFrosttriedtotakecareofafarminthestateofNewHampshire.Hewasnota
successfulfarmer.Andhecontinuedtowritepoetry.Hesaidthatuntil1930heearnedonlyaboutten
dollarsayearfromwriting.
In1912hedecidedtotrytomakeanewstart.HetookhisfamilytoBritain.Thecostoflivingwaslow.InBritainFrostfoundapublisherforhisfirstbookofpoems.ThebookwascalledABoy'sWill.
Whenitappearedin1913FrostreceivedhighpraisefromBritishreaders.Praisewassomethinghehad
notreceivedinhisowncountry.
EzraPoundanotherAmericanpoetlivinginBritainreadthepoemsandlikedthemverymuch.He
wroteamagazinearticleaboutFrost.HealsohelpedgetFrost'ssecondbookofpoemspublishedin
America.ThatbookwascalledNorthofBoston.
1.ThefollowingsarewritersEXCEPT__________.
A.RobertEdwardLee