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Robert Frost was one of the most influential writers throughout the 20th century. His poems were simple, unsophisticated ideas, but underneath he conveys real meaning. The poetry of Robert Frost often focuses on problems people face in everyday life. Robert Lee Frost was born on March 26, 1874 in San Francisco, California. His father was a writer for the San Francisco Evening Post and a delegate at the Democratic National Convention in 1880. He was never home and often drank and gambled. His mother was a housewife who occasionally had part-time jobs as a teacher. She moved to the United States when she was twelve from Sweden. In 1885, Robert's father died of tuberculosis. The family was forced to move to Lawrence, Massachusetts where Robert attended high school. At Lawrence High School, Frost published several poems in the school magazine and was named "class