'Acquainted With The Night'

The two poems “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “Acquainted with the Night” written by Robert Frost are very similar to each other because of the simplistic form of language used and the uses of metaphors. When we first read the poem, it looks like an ordinary poem but once we go in depth and understand the meaning, it becomes so much more. Both of the poem has a very dark, gloomy and lonely setting with a really mysterious tone. There are different metaphors used in each poem to symbolize death; “Sleep” in “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “Night” in “Acquainted with the Night.” The characters in the two poem are both in a journey and has come

Frost uses a multitude of poetic devices, including metaphors, irony, symbolism, hyperbole, and personification “Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. to vividly reinforce the desolation in the mind and the surroundings of the speaker. The uncertainty of the time in the end is a reflection of the uncertainty in the duration of isolation that the speaker would have to continue to endure. In conclusion, this poem displays the transition into night figuratively as the author experiences a broken heart. I have been one acquainted with the night.” (V,2 ). This is a beautiful and dark poem that describes the somber emotions that an individual endures after a separation. This poem can be relatable to anyone as we all have experienced some type of sorrow. Hopefully after experiencing something of this nature we can see the bright lights after being acquainted with the

Our lives, whether we realize it or not, revolve around emotion. When plagued with sadness, we find it hard to function; our daily lives hindered and impossible to live. When we feel jubilant, life is comfortable and satisfying. But whatever the circumstance, emotions will eventually lose their grip and sink into the river of time, forgotten until mentioned again. Depression, however, has a profound effect. Depression doesn't fade like emotion; it clings to the minds of the unfortunate souls possessing it, never surrendering its grip. It cemented itself onto the likes of Vincent Van Gogh, Mark Twain, and Robert Frost. Frost's poem "Acquainted with the night," offers insight into the life of a lonely soul affected by depression. Frost emphasizes the seclusion depression brings, isolating those who have it from the rest of the world.

In poem “Acquainted with the Night,” Robert Frost creates an extended metaphor that likens night and depression, which further represents feelings of physical and emotional isolation. When initially read, the audience may feels as if the poem is merely a jumble of unrelated words and phrases that do not fit together, yet, upon deeper study, the reader can understand that the piece reflects the sentiment of the speaker during his experiences with depression. Frost first introduces the metaphor when the speaker “walked out in rain--and back in rain,” which portrays his constant state of melancholy despite his attempts to escape his emotional instability (2). Many people correlate rain with dreariness and dejection. Given this parallel, if the

Robert Frost had a fascination towards loneliness and isolation and thus expressed these ideas in his poems through metaphors. The majority of the characters in Frost’s poems are isolated in one way or another. In some poems, such as “Acquainted with the Night” and “Mending Wall,” the speakers are lonely and isolated from their societies. On other occasions, Frost suggests that isolation can be avoided by interaction with other members of society, for example in “The Tuft of Flowers,” where the poem changes from a speaker all alone, to realizing that people are all connected in some way or another. In Robert Frost’s poems “Acquainted with the Night,” “Mending Wall,” and “The Tuft of Flowers,” the themes insinuate the idea of loneliness

The poems, “Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost and, “We grow accustomed to the Dark” by Emily Dickinson both contain a similar subject of the darkness and the night. However, the significance behind these motifs differ greatly between each poem. In Dickinson’s poem she writes in a third person point of view how one cannot see when they first walk outside immersed in darkness. A change is then made with the representation of darkness from literal to the metaphorical darkness that resides in all of us. Frost’s poem on the other hand discusses the isolation of a man who has become acquainted with the loneliness of the nighttime.

First, both poems effectively demonstrate the different receptions of isolation through their use of language. In “Acquainted with the Night” Frost establishes his feelings of the night. Robert Frost personifies that the narrator is “one acquainted with

Robert Frost’s Acquainted with the Night and Emily Dickinson’s We Grow Accustomed to the Dark are two poems that while they sound similar in title they are emphasizing two different ideas. For example the word accustomed usually relates to the concept of being comfortable, something normal, something habitual. While the word acquainted relates to the concepts of friendship, comfortableness, and solitude. Both of these poems exhibit ideas relating to these two words. Robert Frost uses imagery that exemplify darkness, depression, loneliness, and quietness.

In the poem, “An Old Man’s Winter Night” Robert Frost talks of an old man living in his isolated home. Because of his age, he has trouble remembering where he is and how he got there. Through the use of diction, figurative language, and imagery, Frost accentuates a simple tale of a dying isolated man to reiterate the meaning that it is against human nature to be in isolation and by defying this notion, it causes one to become inhumane and can be the downfall to one’s life. The choice of words in the poem emphasize the old man’s dreariness and separation from humankind.

The poems titled ‘We grow accustomed to the dark”, and “Acquainted with the night”, having very interesting tiles. The poem “We grow accustomed to the dark” title suggests the poem is going to be about the darkness becoming usual to society.The poem “Acquainted with the night” suggests the poem is going to be about being familiar with the night.The poems titles have given an brief conclusion of the poems main topic.

“Acquainted with the Night”, is a doleful is a sonnet written by Robert Frost. Robert Frost expresses his sorrow and isolation in fourteen lines while also containing a rhymed scheme that continues in terza rima. “Acquainted with the Night”, examines Frost’s depression and how he tries to strive it through the night. Even though Robert Frost uses a variety of poetic elements thought this poem, imagery is portrayed to be the main poetic element in his poem. Using imagery, he vividly describes his wretched self as he trudges the night alone.

Robert Frost’s poem, “Acquainted with the Night”, displays the theme of loneliness and depression by using symbolism with dark undertones to suggest that isolation can be crippling. First seen when the author writes, “I have passed by the watchman on his beat / And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain,” (lines 5-6). The use of a metaphor supports the theme of loneliness because the watchman is a representation of all other people, and is meant to imply that the main character feels that they cannot speak their thoughts out loud (perhaps because they fear that no one will understand them). Another example that supports this theme occurs when Frost provides readers the line, “I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet,” (line 7). This

Thesis: Robert Frost has used various ways to show the emotions felt by the man in the poem. These ways include a variety of symbolism, expressive imagery, and his individual writing style. He uses these in the poem, “Acquainted with the Night,” to describe the emotions of a man who is going through a state of depression.

“Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost dramatizes the conflict that the speaker experiences with the outside world, which has rejected him, or perhaps which he has rejected. The poem is composed of fourteen lines and seven sentences, all of which begin with “I have.” Frost’s first and last line, “I have been one acquainted with the night,” emphasizes what it means for the speaker to be “acquainted with the night” (line 1; 14). The speaker describes his walk in the night as journey, in which he has “walked out of rain—and back in rain” and “outwalked the furthest city light” (line 2-3). Through the depiction of the changing weather conditions, Frost signifies the passage of time, perhaps indicating that the narrator has been on his journey for a lengthy period of time and has traveled through many cities. Furthermore, the imagery of the rain at night creates a forlorn atmosphere in the poem.

Comparing and contrasting two poems is always a demanding task to do because one must analyze poems with a certain perceptiveness that is not needed occasionally to analyze single poems. The perceptiveness is needed to catch what ties the two poems together, and also what draws them apart. Dickinson and Frost both have similarities in points of view, imagery, and structure. The significance of the dark or the night is an important point of fascination for both poets. Similarities between the two poems include the obvious subject of the night/dark and this opens up to other parallels.