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 Poem of the Day: Feb 17 2011 Comment 9 of 9, added on May 11th, 2013 at 9:40 PM. ,,, lbrdfskju from Ghana Comment 8 of 9, added on July 3rd, 2012 at 1:18 AM. i think this poem is about impulse vs. restraint. you can either let yourself be taken by the universal crisis, or you can step back. to let yourself be taken is perilous but holds unlimited opportunities. to step back is to exercise free choice, to show restraint. frost seems to say that between impulse and restraint, the consequences of restraint are milder. jack from United States Comment 7 of 9, added on May 16th, 2009 at 9:29 PM. I think he means that when everything is falling apart that taking a step back can help you regain perspective Jenny from United States 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 9 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own.

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Poet: Robert Frost Poem: One Step Backward Taken Volume: Steeple Bush Year: Published/Written in 1947 Last read: 2013-05-22 15:09:38 Poem of the Day: Feb 17 2011 Viewed 14658 times. Added Feb 20 2003.

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