tionandunabletounderstandFrost’sdesiretowritepoetry.In1894hesoldhisfirstpoem,“MyButterfly:AnElegy“我的蝴蝶我的挽歌(publishedintheNovember8,1894,editionoftheNewYorkIndependent)for$15.plishment,heproposedmarriagetoElinorMiriamWhite,butshedemurred拒绝,wantingtofinishcollege(atSt.LawrenceUniversity)beforetheymarried.Havinggraduated,sheagreed,andtheyweremarriedatHarvardUniversity,whereheattendedliberalartsstudiesfortwoyears.HedidwellatHarvard,butlefttosupporthisgrowingfamilyShortlybeforedying,Robert'sgrandfatherpurchasedafarmforRobertandElinorinDerry,NewHampshire;andRobertworkedthefarmfornineyears,efamous.essful?RobertFrost’sNewEnglandfarmhouseinDerrywherehewrotemanyofhispoems,including?"TreeatMy?Window"and?"MendingWall."ThisisthestonewallatFrost'sfarminDerry,NewHampshire,whichhedescribedin"MendingWall."