Wind and Window Flower - A poem by Robert Frost

Robert Frost - Wind and Window Flower

LOVERS, forget your love,
  And list to the love of these,
She a window flower,
  And he a winter breeze.

When the frosty window veil
  Was melted down at noon,
And the cagèd yellow bird
  Hung over her in tune,

He marked her through the pane,
  He could not help but mark,
And only passed her by,
  To come again at dark.

He was a winter wind,
  Concerned with ice and snow,
Dead weeds and unmated birds,
  And little of love could know.

But he sighed upon the sill,
  He gave the sash a shake,
As witness all within
  Who lay that night awake.

Perchance he half prevailed
  To win her for the flight
From the firelit looking-glass
  And warm stove-window light.

But the flower leaned aside
  And thought of naught to say,
And morning found the breeze
  A hundred miles away.

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Poet: Robert Frost (Robert Frost Art) Poem: 8. Wind and Window Flower Volume: A Boy's Will Year: Published/Written in 1913 Comment 18 of 18, added on November 30th, 2009 at 9:40 AM. Im having alittle trouble analysing this poem. I have estaablished the fact the the winter breeze is the boy and the window flower is the girl, but im not understanidng the relationship beween the two line for line. I know that their is a love connection between the two, "when the frosty winter veil was melted over at noon, and the caged yellow bird hungover her in tune" these lines have to do with imeragery, i can imagine the winter frost blew by the flower at night, but by noon, any proof of him being there was melted away. "he marked her through the pain, he could not help but mark, and only passed her by, to come again at dark" i dont understand these lines? is he hurting her??? Shannon from Canada Comment 17 of 18, added on October 29th, 2009 at 12:00 AM. I see this poem differently. I see it as the wind(boy) sacrificing his love for her, as he could only hurt her. And the window flower, in a way wanted to be with him, but didn't because he hurt her. "He marked her through the pane, he could not help but mark" As she leaned aside he left. She would not go against nature, they were too opposite for love. Bec from Australia Comment 16 of 18, added on March 16th, 2009 at 9:40 AM. Used this poem and three of my own for the Speech Competitions in Iowa. Got 3 I's thank you Robert Frost. Michael from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Wind and Window Flower, has received 18 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: 8. Wind and Window Flower Volume: A Boy's Will Year: Published/Written in 1913 Last read: Dec 5 2009, 8:06AM Viewed 19143 times. Added on March 16th, 2009 at 9:40 AM.

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