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 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