Poets | Members | Poem of the Day | Top 40 | Search | Comments | Privacy
November 8th, 2009 - we have 234 poets, 8,023 poems and 17,880 comments.
Robert Frost - A Late Walk

When I go up through the mowing field,
The headless aftermath,
Smooth-laid like thatch with the heavy dew,
Half closes the garden path.

And when I come to the garden ground,
The whir of sober birds
Up from the tangle of withered weeds
Is sadder than any words

A tree beside the wall stands bare,
But a leaf that lingered brown,
Disturbed, I doubt not, by my thought,
Comes softly rattling down.

I end not far from my going forth
By picking the faded blue
Of the last remaining aster flower
To carry again to you.

Added: on January 26th, 2007 at 10:39 AM | Viewed: 44950 times | Comments and analysis of A Late Walk by Robert Frost Comments (11)


A Late Walk - Comments and Information

Poet: Robert Frost (Robert Frost Art)
Poem: 5. A Late Walk
Volume: A Boy's Will
Year: Published/Written in 1913

Comment 11 of 11, added on November 6th, 2009 at 1:04 PM.
;)

truly a masterpiece..though the setting of the poem is in winter..a dark time, in the end frost leaves it at a romantic note..great use of metaphors

vice from India
Comment 10 of 11, added on April 27th, 2009 at 6:00 PM.

this poem is very lovely and nice thanks for the insperation

destiny arce from United States
Comment 9 of 11, added on January 26th, 2007 at 10:39 AM.

Late for the year, late for the loving, late for the realization. This poem typically weaves natural and experiential themes into another level of meaning. The grand metaphor. Frost at his best.

Kermit Van brocklin from United States

Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, A Late Walk, has received 11 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!

Poem Info

Frost Info
Copyright © 2000-2009 Gunnar Bengtsson. All Rights Reserved. Links | Bookstore