Where had I heard this wind before
Change like this to a deeper roar?
What would it take my standing there for,
Holding open a restive door,
Looking down hill to a frothy shore?
Summer was past and the day was past.
Sombre clouds in the west were massed.
Out on the porch's sagging floor,
Leaves got up in a coil and hissed,
Blindly struck at my knee and missed.
Something sinister in the tone
Told me my secret must be known:
Word I was in the house alone
Somehow must have gotten abroad,
Word I was in my life alone,
Word I had no one left but God.
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Word
From guest orlando s boykin (contact)
to me Word could be substitutted with the phrase "the truth that" or "the truth" would render the sentiments of the poets mood as effectively and not lend itself to a conclusion of conversion as much as resignation to reality. -
From guest Marcus Witherspoon (contact)
What are you people talking about? Look at this poem. Where is God? Huh? If Word has gotten abroad, why is God's world so sinister? Does he really 'have' God? Where do you guys get off seeing such faith in this poem? I see uncertainty. -
amazing poem
This poem starts with solitariness,bewilderment and despair but the best part is that it ends in hope and faith. Faith in Almighty God... sometimes we feel that we are all alone on this land where all the manifestations of nature are totally and brutally hostile towards human being but there is still one thing which makes us strong and gives us hope that He(God)is always with us and is always supporting us no matter what happens but God is never going to leave us alone. My fav lines
"Word I was in the house alone
Somehow must have gotten abroad," -
wonderful
From guest sara j (contact)
wow..once again an amazing poem.....this poem starts with despair,bewilderment,solitariness of man, and it's all gloomy but the best part is that it ends in faith and hope. Feeling that we have a spiritual companion with us all the time....Our Almighty Allah....It is so true that sometimes we get the feeling of being all alone on this land and it seems like all the manifestations of nature are against us but then we realize that we have our God always with us.... -
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Line 12 is incorrect. It should be "Told me my secret must be known" -
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Thanks for the assistance. Frost's poem has been corrected.
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I can feel what Robert Frost meant by this poem
When the warmth has ended and the cold
comes knocking at your door
A lonely feeling of when reality sets in
that all We really have is God and Ourself for company
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