"most people associate the poet robert frost with the new england area of america--tiny farms, snowy winters, crooked fields with crumbling stone walls built possibly hundreds of years ago. but frost was actually not born in new england at all; he was born as far from new england as you could get on the continental united states--in the west coast city of san francisco." which excerpt from a student essay below is an example of plagiarism? although he liked people to think he was born and raised in new england, robert frost was actually born on the west coast in san francisco. frost actually did not have family roots in new england; he and his family hailed from the west coast city of san francisco (davenport 122). writer sydney davenport points out that frost wasn't always the simple new england farmer he seemed to be; he was actually born in san francisco(122). even though frost liked people to think he was born in the oldest colonized parts of america, new england, he actually was from the west coast of america (davenport 122).