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Poet: Robert Frost
Poem: 21.
Acquainted With the Night
Volume: West-Running Brook
Year: Published/Written in 1928
Poem of the Day:
May 16 2003
Comment 58 of 58, added on May 7th, 2009 at 1:06 AM.
Acquainted With The Night
Robert Frost was a philosophical writer who had underlining meanings in the lines of his poetry. In this poem, Frost uses imagery as a literary device to show the reader both metaphorically and literally, the tone of the poem. An example of the used imagery is the weather; when the speaker say’s, “I have walked out in rain – and back in rain” he is explaining how the rain is beating down on him both outside and inside, and that he can’t escape it’s relentless thrashing on his body and emotions. The night sets a somber mood for the poem, and the reader see’s the speaker as an emotionally sad and deprived person. Frost uses an iambic rhyme scheme, and uses repletion with the words, “I have.” The main idea of this poem is the speaker’s loneliness, and his attempt to ponder in his thoughts, though no one hears, he becomes acquainted with the night.
Kristie Quigley from United States
Comment 57 of 58, added on May 6th, 2009 at 11:49 PM.
Acquainted With the Night
Throughout this poem Frost uses imagery to bring out the best of this scene. This poem is about an individual who walks long distances in solitude and is comfortable with his own thoughts. He also uses the clock as a symbol for the moon in this part: "And further still at an unearthly height One luminary clock against the sky."
Bret Hubert from United States
Comment 56 of 58, added on May 6th, 2009 at 10:15 AM.
Acquainted With the Night
In this poem "Acquaited With the Night," by Robert Frost, Frost shows many examples of diction and imagery which takes place in the city. Diction reinforces the theme of sadness and loneliness in Frost's poem. "I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane." Through these lines He has tried to avoid his loneliness by walking until he reaches the furthest light of the city. The persona reflects that maybe he is outwalking all the lights in the city so he can cleas his mind and listen to his own thoughts.
tiwi from United States
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Robert Frost was a philosophical writer who had underlining meanings in the lines of his poetry. In this poem, Frost uses imagery as a literary device to show the reader both metaphorically and literally, the tone of the poem. An example of the used imagery is the weather; when the speaker say’s, “I have walked out in rain – and back in rain” he is explaining how the rain is beating down on him both outside and inside, and that he can’t escape it’s relentless thrashing on his body and emotions. The night sets a somber mood for the poem, and the reader see’s the speaker as an emotionally sad and deprived person. Frost uses an iambic rhyme scheme, and uses repletion with the words, “I have.” The main idea of this poem is the speaker’s loneliness, and his attempt to ponder in his thoughts, though no one hears, he becomes acquainted with the night.
Kristie Quigley from United States