The journey has lead us to the farmhouse where the poet Robert Frost and his wife Elinor once resided. They raised their four children in this farmhouse here from 1900 to 1911 which was given to Frost by his grandfather.
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| Frost wrote several poems in his kitchen |
“Mending Wall”, “The Road Not Taken”, “Stopping By On A Snowy Evening” and other Frost poems have certainly become part of modern American culture. Being at the farmhouses where he once wrote, it is easy to see how he used the pleasures and trials of rural New England life to create poetry of universal meaning and appeal. Focusing on the landscape, for Frost, became the terra firma of his imagination.
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| JR reading Robert Frost poems aloud along the trail to Christa |
After touring the Derry farmhouse and barn, an enjoyable walk in the woods along a path at the farm lead to a pond. We passed several points at the farm which once became inspirations for a few of Frost’s poems such as the pasture, the apple tree, and the stone mending wall.
Having visited his summerhouse in Franconia, NH last fall as well, it is easy to see why he loved and wrote so much about rural New England.
Having visited his summerhouse in Franconia, NH last fall as well, it is easy to see why he loved and wrote so much about rural New England.
