Hyla Brook - A poem by Robert Frost

Robert Frost - Hyla Brook

By June our brook's run out of song and speed.
Sought for much after that, it will be found
Either to have gone groping underground
(And taken with it all the Hyla breed
That shouted in the mist a month ago,
Like ghost of sleigh-bells in a ghost of snow)--
Or flourished and come up in jewel-weed,
Weak foliage that is blown upon and bent
Even against the way its waters went.
Its bed is left a faded paper sheet
Of dead leaves stuck together by the heat--
A brook to none but who remember long.
This as it will be seen is other far
Than with brooks taken otherwhere in song.
We love the things we love for what they are.

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Poet: Robert Frost Poem: 9. Hyla Brook Volume: Mountain Interval Year: Published/Written in 1916 Comment 20 of 20, added on January 16th, 2008 at 7:15 PM. I am studying Robert Frost Poetry for a level and so far i have really enjoyed it. He shows deep meanings throught his poems which has a real affect on the reader. I think hyla brook represents the change in his life, which is shown through the changing seasons. Good lucky everyone with all the poems! Annie from United Kingdom Comment 19 of 20, added on May 23rd, 2007 at 2:30 PM. There are brooks. There are raging rivers. Some are life out loud. Some are quiet. Some demand attention. Some command attention and deeper thought. Robert Frost has always spoken to my heart! Shirley Eliakis from United States Comment 18 of 20, added on May 17th, 2006 at 10:22 AM. i think hyla brook is based on the recurring theme throughout alot of frosts poetry which is the changing of seasons and how this reflects of human life!(human life hyla breed brook was life brook gone therefore so has that human life) the brook shows the continuity of not only the cycle of the seasons but also the cycle of life and how life has to continue. the fact that its death is in june is noteable in many of frosts poems, spring is the time for rebirth and renewal where as summer is the decline into death, the new has come and is now dying off again. this poem is frost stating we should be happy with the way our lives are dealt."we love the things we love for what they are" sophie from United Kingdom More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Hyla Brook, has received 20 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: 9. Hyla Brook Volume: Mountain Interval Year: Published/Written in 1916 Last read: May 13 2008, 8:27AM Viewed 7709 times. Added on May 17th, 2006 at 10:22 AM.

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