Into My Own - A poem by Robert Frost

Robert Frost - Into My Own

One of my wishes is that those dark trees,
So old and firm they scarcely show the breeze,
Were not, as 'twere, the merest mask of gloom,
But stretched away unto th eedge of doom.

I should not be withheld but that some day
into their vastness I should steal away,
Fearless of ever finding open land,
or highway where the slow wheel pours the sand.

I do not see why I should e'er turn back,
Or those should not set forth upon my track
To overtake me, who should miss me here
And long to know if still I held them dear.

They would not find me changed from him the knew--
Only more sure of all I though was true.

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Poet: Robert Frost (Robert Frost Art) Poem: 1. Into My Own Volume: A Boy's Will Year: Published/Written in 1913 Poem of the Day: Jul 2 2000 Comment 29 of 29, added on February 2nd, 2009 at 6:03 AM. when i read this poem the firat time i was completley in a confused state of mind and i kept on reading it again and again it is a pretty high-level and tough poem Saumya Mehta from India Comment 28 of 29, added on November 16th, 2008 at 6:34 PM. I think that the trees in this poem refer to the unknown, and that someday the person in the poem will have to, willingly, enter the unknown in some sort of adventure. Then people will miss him and set out to look for him thinking he will be different when they find him. But after finding him they see that he is more sure of himself and of life and that it was a good thing for him to leave and explore because it resulted in this new enlightenment. johnnyfitz Comment 27 of 29, added on November 12th, 2008 at 2:13 AM. i think that the the first verse that the trees represent time and darkness.The second verse that he feels that he cant get away from this feeling. Third that he dosnt want to go back once the darkness has him he wants to be alone and finally he hasnt changed hes always felt this way deep down ames from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Into My Own, has received 29 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Robert Frost with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Robert Frost Poem: 1. Into My Own Volume: A Boy's Will Year: Published/Written in 1913 Last read: Nov 8 2009, 3:42AM Poem of the Day: Jul 2 2000 Viewed 49497 times. Added on November 12th, 2008 at 2:13 AM.

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