who was married to a Los Angeles attorney. In 1906, Jeffers went with his family to live in Europe. At this time, he attended the University of Zurich where he took courses in philosophy, history, Old English, and Spanish poetry. When fall came, Jeffers returned to the University of Southern California as a medical student (Academy of American Poets). Jeffers remained a medical student for three years, a long time considering Jeffers was enrolled in 9 different schools or programs in 13 years. In 1910, Jeffers decided to leave USC and transferred to the University of Washington to study forestry. Though Jeffers only earned a BA in his many years at different universities, he benefited from his diverse education in many aspect of his life. Obviously, his literary and linguistic knowledge improved his poetry. “The influence of his medical training persists in the physiological imagery and descriptions that permeate his poetry; while his studies of forestry served him daily . . . as he tended the hundreds of trees that he planted around his house” (Butterfield 414). Despite Jeffer’s frequent changes in location, school, and study, his love for Una Call Kuster did not falter. After meeting Una in 1905, “eight years of confusion, emotional storm and struggle, and parental disapproval followed for them until 1913, when Una was divorced, quite unacrimoniously” (Butterfield 414). On August 2nd, 1913, Robinson and Una were married. Like Jeffers, Una was diversely educated and intelligent. She earned a masters degree in philosophy and was “an expert lecturer on Irish music, architecture, and art, and was an avid reader and a book reviewer for a small California magazine” (Brophy Internet). While living in La Jolla for a few months after getting married, Una and Jeffers planned on moving to Lyme Regis, England where Jeffers would pursue a career in writing. But in 1914 they decided against go...
