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 17 of 17, 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 17, 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 Comment 15 of 17, added on February 9th, 2009 at 2:43 PM. Makes me miss a boy that I loved once. Met 9 years again and yet to have lost and found him recently. How my heart aches still from it. Bittersweet reunion. My heart longs, hopes, and looks forward to our next meeting. Who knows when? Hopefully not nine years from now. :-) Halo 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 17 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: Nov 7 2009, 11:31PM Viewed 18859 times. Added on February 9th, 2009 at 2:43 PM.

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