The Investment - A poem by Robert Frost


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Robert Frost - The Investment

Over back where they speak of life as staying
('You couldn't call it living, for it ain't'),
There was an old, old house renewed with paint,
And in it a piano loudly playing.

Out in the plowed ground in the cold a digger,
Among unearthed potatoes standing still,
Was counting winter dinners, one a hill,
With half an ear to the piano's vigor.

All that piano and new paint back there,
Was it some money suddenly come into?
Or some extravagance young love had been to?
Or old love on an impulse not to care--

Not to sink under being man and wife,
But get some color and music out of life?

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Poet: Robert Frost (Robert Frost Art) Poem: 29. The Investment Volume: West-Running Brook Year: Published/Written in 1928 Poem of the Day: Jan 2 2002 Comment 7 of 7, added on May 11th, 2009 at 5:19 PM. what is the gist of this poem and how can i find it . also if i were to write a paperon this what is a good lead? lilyhead from United States Comment 6 of 7, added on January 11th, 2009 at 4:24 PM. I`m perturbed there`s a lot of articles on casino gambling. There are distinguishable from methods, tactics, strategies, algorithms of counting, calculations and so on. But these objects are on the other hand mass of ads and i don`t crisis to analyze them `effect on i don`t allow any best years knowledge. It`s scarce. sagacity i fantasy order be wrong. Is there anyone here who is interested in such topic? I`d valuables someone`s explaining to me is there any systems or strategies, what are they (what approaches or concepts lay in underpinning) and in which casinos could they be applied to? Thanx a lot. baron from United States Comment 5 of 7, added on December 2nd, 2008 at 10:02 AM. The "one a hill" means you can expect a yeild of one dinner per hill of potatoes. ea More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, The Investment, has received 7 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: 29. The Investment Volume: West-Running Brook Year: Published/Written in 1928 Last read: Nov 21 2009, 5:20AM Poem of the Day: Jan 2 2002 Viewed 5535 times. Added on December 2nd, 2008 at 10:02 AM.

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