Desert Places - A poem by Robert Frost

Robert Frost - Desert Places

Snow falling and night falling fast, oh, fast
In a field I looked into going past,
And the ground almost covered smooth in snow,
But a few weeds and stubble showing last.

The woods around it have it—it is theirs.
All animals are smothered in their lairs.
I am too absent-spirited to count;
The loneliness includes me unawares.

And lonely as it is, that loneliness
Will be more lonely ere it will be less—
A blanker whiteness of benighted snow
With no expression, nothing to express.

They cannot scare me with their empty spaces
Between stars—on stars where no human race is.
I have it in me so much nearer home
To scare myself with my own desert places.

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Poet: Robert Frost (Robert Frost Art) Poem: Desert Places Volume: A Further Range Year: Published/Written in 1936 Comment 19 of 19, added on March 12th, 2009 at 12:07 AM. I decided to make my own poem devoted to my "desert place".... Wake up, still kinda dazy, Why does weed make you lazy? Take my time throughout my day Did the teacher just say J?!? Weird stomache feeling, please go away. "can i go to the bathroom?" i go stray Although there is time after i decide right now, So to the car i race where the stash is at, Where i go to get a bag of weed that is fat. Unroll the dutch, but still in class so dont put too much. Light it and put it in the air, im part of god now. chi chi from United States Comment 18 of 19, added on March 11th, 2009 at 11:26 PM. These comments are pretty funny. People from all around the world reading the same poem. I gotta say A-bomb is the man. I did thesame exact thing except im smoking after my work not b4 the essay. And get my dog high too haha. Otherthan that for someone that doesnt understand poems, i gota 115% more understanding of the poem after reading all the comments. Chi Chi from United States Comment 17 of 19, added on May 20th, 2008 at 6:41 PM. ok the poem looks iambic to me and I would guess on a pentameter. except for that we have four stanzas with a rhyme scheme of aaba,ccbc,ddbd,eebe. the whole thing has a song like quality- see the repetitions. the exterior solitude is compared to the speakers inner solitude and so on. too sleepy to continue, maybe if someone begs for it... Abdulcabbar from Turkey More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Desert Places, has received 19 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: Desert Places Volume: A Further Range Year: Published/Written in 1936 Last read: Nov 8 2009, 2:23AM Viewed 35124 times. Added on May 20th, 2008 at 6:41 PM.

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