Spring Pools - A poem by Robert Frost

Robert Frost - Spring Pools

These pools that, though in forests, still reflect
The total sky almost without defect,
And like the flowers beside them, chill and shiver,
Will like the flowers beside them soon be gone,
And yet not out by any brook or river,
But up by roots to bring dark foliage on.
The trees that have it in their pent-up buds
To darken nature and be summer woods --
Let them think twice before they use their powers
To blot out and drink up and sweep away
These flowery waters and these watery flowers
From snow that melted only yesterday.

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Poet: Robert Frost (Robert Frost Art) Poem: 1. Spring Pools Volume: West-Running Brook Year: Published/Written in 1928 Poem of the Day: Jul 19 2000 Comment 8 of 8, added on December 8th, 2009 at 7:53 PM. english i think that your poem is really good and that i think that you should make more like this poem Spring Pool i had a image of the poem like: the pool, the nature of the darkness, thewood and other thing thankz for the poem from amy Amy from Australia Comment 7 of 8, added on May 10th, 2009 at 2:49 PM. Hmm... Thanks! I think that Allison's and Ray's perspective of the poem most accurately capture the two main meaning of the poem: on a simple level and on a deep level. I didn't quite understand Teague. Caje from United States Comment 6 of 8, added on May 10th, 2009 at 6:40 AM. i think that robert frost is not warning trees to stop absorbing water because he does not possess the ability to prevent such a natural phenomena. He is advicing trees to stop this act for the safety of the exictance zahraa from Lebanon More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Spring Pools, has received 8 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. Spring Pools Volume: West-Running Brook Year: Published/Written in 1928 Last read: Feb 9 2010, 8:52PM Poem of the Day: Jul 19 2000 Viewed 14308 times. Added on May 10th, 2009 at 6:40 AM.

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