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What Is The Mood Of The Poem Acquainted With The Night

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The poem I chose was “Acquainted with the Night”, written by Robert Frost. This poem is written in first person, so the narrator lets the reader in to his feelings and thoughts. “Acquainted with the Night” is about the narrator, himself, describing his feelings of depression and his outlook on life. How he feels isolated from everyone and everything and nothing can take him out of his state of depression. The theme of “Acquainted with the Night” is the feeling of being isolated, and lonely.
In stanza 1 the narrator starts to give a glimpse of his depression. He describes his past walks in the dark rain coming in and out. How his depressing walks in the rain have led him further from the light and deeper into the mist of darkness. When the author describes him walking further from the light, it represents the hope that is slowly diminishing. Stanza 2 the narrator shows more of the loneliness with the “saddest city lane”; this gives the reader a sad feeling because it is a dark rainy night and he isolates himself. Passing by the watchman and he looks down as if he is keeping himself isolated from everyone. In stanza 3 the narrator has his last bit of hope when he stops …show more content…

In line 1 the word “night” is used as a metaphor when the author writes, “I have been one acquainted with the night”. “Night” represents depression and the fact that he is lonely; he is in a dark place all by him-self. Another metaphor is walking, and what he has passed by. By leaving and becoming distant that represents his loneliness, his isolation. “I have walked out in rain- and back in rain. / I have outwalked the furthest city light.” (Frost, 2-3). The reader gains the knowledge of his depression, and can further grasp the concept of his isolation. These metaphors fit the tone of the poem because they are metaphors with a depressing meaning, which follows the sad and dark tone of the

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