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Robert Frost - Come In

As I came to the edge of the woods,
Thrush music -- hark!
Now if it was dusk outside,
Inside it was dark.

Too dark in the woods for a bird
By sleight of wing
To better its perch for the night,
Though it still could sing.

The last of the light of the sun
That had died in the west
Still lived for one song more
In a thrush's breast.

Far in the pillared dark
Thrush music went --
Almost like a call to come in
To the dark and lament.

But no, I was out for stars;
I would not come in.
I meant not even if asked;
And I hadn't been.

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Come In - Comments and Information

Poet: Robert Frost
Poem: Come In
Volume: A Witness Tree
Year: Published/Written in 1942

Comment 3 of 3, added on March 30th, 2006 at 1:51 AM.

the poem seems 2 b influencd by the sorrows that frost faced after the death of his wife, daughter an son...
the dark woods represent his sorrow while the bird represents his freedom...unsurprisingly the poem is set around nature...despite his sadness, the poem seems quite optemistic.

samar from New Zealand
Comment 2 of 3, added on December 6th, 2005 at 4:57 PM.

This poem is evidently about freedom. The persona wants to be free from sadness and grief, therefore choosing a thrush, which is a bird. Birds are the most free animals, that can soar and venture. At the same time, they are also very fragile, which is the persona's state. The persona at first feels hopeless, but soon sees a slight chance of hope,"Though it could still sing," "still lived for one song more." The spots of hope through darkness are represented on the thrush's chest, because a thrush is dark brown and has white spots. Those spots are the rays of hope through the darkness.The bird calls the persoan to lament,"Far in the pillared dark... to the dark and lament." He eventually chooses the light, and refuses to go back into the darkness.
This poem is soo deep. The imagery is wonderful!

Chelsie Murray from Trinidad and Tobago, Republic
Comment 1 of 3, added on November 7th, 2005 at 7:54 PM.

In all Frost's poems, it seems to me that it always has a lot to do with strolls through nature. I find it beautiful and engaging. It jogs the mind to paint an exquisite picture. This is an awesome poem!!!

Brittany from United States

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