One Step Backward Taken - A poem by Robert Frost


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Robert Frost - One Step Backward Taken

Not only sands and gravels
Were once more on their travels,
But gulping muddy gallons
Great boulders off their balance
Bumped heads together dully
And started down the gully.
Whole capes caked off in slices.
I felt my standpoint shaken
In the universal crisis.
But with one step backward taken
I saved myself from going.
A world torn loose went by me.
Then the rain stopped and the blowing,
And the sun came out to dry me.

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Poet: Robert Frost Poem: One Step Backward Taken Volume: Steeple Bush Year: Published/Written in 1947 Comment 5 of 5, added on February 11th, 2006 at 2:18 PM. You have to know when to quit. Nereyda Hinojosa Comment 4 of 5, added on January 28th, 2006 at 6:47 PM. Thanks Bill u save my life tommoro i have an exame i will pray for u..... Naaajaaah.. Najah from Saudi Arabia Comment 3 of 5, added on November 20th, 2005 at 9:31 PM. whate is the allagory in fire and ice is ? Najah from Saudi Arabia More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, One Step Backward Taken, has received 5 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: One Step Backward Taken Volume: Steeple Bush Year: Published/Written in 1947 Last read: Jul 25 2008, 5:12PM Viewed 6607 times. Added on November 20th, 2005 at 9:31 PM.

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