Analysis of Reluctance
Robert Frost 1874 (San Francisco) – 1963 (Boston)
Out through the fields and the woods And over the walls I have wended; I have climbed the hills of view And looked at the world, and descended; I have come by the highway home, And lo, it is ended. The leaves are all dead on the group, Save those that the oak is keeping To ravel them one by one And let them go scraping and creeping Out over the crusted snow, When others are sleeping. And the dead leaves lie huddled and still, No longer blown hither and thither; The last long aster is gone; The flowers of the witch-hazel wither; The heart is still aching to seek, But the feel question 'Whither?' Ah, when to the heart of man Was it ever less than a treason To go with the drift of things, To yield with a grace to reason, And bow and accept the end Of a love or a season?
Scheme | A |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110100101001111111011101101001011110110111100111110111101110110111101111001011001011101100011110011101100101110110101011010011110111011010111011111101101011101111110111001001011011010 |
Characters | 788 |
Words | 158 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 1 |
Lines Amount | 1 |
Letters per line (avg) | 601 |
Words per line (avg) | 158 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 601 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 158 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
- 47 sec read
- 268 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Reluctance" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 26 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/30896/reluctance>.
Discuss this Robert Frost poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In