Robert Frost Museum

While in Shaftsbury Vermont, I visited the Robert Frost museum and gravesite. The museum is located in the stone house he lived in while writing his book New Hampshire. There were three main rooms to the museum, all located on the main floor.

One room gave a general biography of his life, and showcased some of the stuff he owned (like a couch!)

The next room displayed the artwork of J. J. Lankes, who made woodcut illustrations for Frost's books.

The third room was dedicated to "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." This room offered different readings of the poem, detailed perspective on the rhythm and metre of the poem, contemporary parodies of the poem, and Frost's own (contradictory) quotes on the poem.

The coolest part, though, was walking a bit in the woods behind the Stone House. There was a path that led to a collection of trees behind the property. Frost was also an avid apple tree grower, but I didn't see any apples to pick...

Robert Frost's Grave:

I took way too many pictures on this trip! More posts soon...




edit: and you can click on the pictures to make them bigger!