When was acquainted with the night published

I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain—and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. Basically, this poem is about those creepy, melancholy times when we seem to be acquainted, but not friends, with the world.

It's about those times when it seems like night will never end. When you read this poem, it might help to think about a time when you've felt like that: try to imagine exactly what you felt like, where you were, what was around you.

Though we might not have walked the exact same path as Frost does in this poem, we've all been acquainted with the night, in some way or other. Shmoop can help you begin to figure out what this poem means, but, in the end, you should create your own meaning based on how the poem makes you feel.

Robert Frost on Poets. Controversial Editing of Frost's Notebooks A discussion of the recent publishing and editing of Frost's private notebooks. Robert Frost on Bartleby. The poet is telling to readers in a manner of expressing a journey. After watching the man he went on and then stopped the sound of his feet.

Now the poet is hearing a voice that comes from far away and seems it is crying. When he started his walk he saw another but with his steps, he learns so many facts.

So much sadness all around the poet where the cry is coming from a house. Here, the third stanza ends. In the next paragraph, he would be talking of something else. Maybe the poet is trying to address the call of God or of someone that never called back and did not bid him goodbye. There is a luminary clock in the sky. This is the sun with whom the poet is comparing the clock. There also this stanza ends.

I have passed I have stood Came over houses And further still Proclaimed the time Select any word below to get its definition in the context of the poem. The words are listed in the order in which they appear in the poem. After Apple-Picking. Dust of Snow. Fire and Ice.