Question

In the poem ‘Aquainted with the Night’ by Robert Frost:-

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 lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat.
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,

But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still an unearthly height,
One luminary clock against the sky

Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right
I have been one acquainted with the night.

1) How does the poet describe his loneliness?

2) What do you mean by the term ‘acquainted’? Why has it been used here?

3) Why is the city lane sad?

4) What does the second paragraph tell about the speaker’s state of mind?

Answer 1

1 the poet express his loneliness by express the sad and loniness street. Also when he pass through the Watchman he saw at him at this hope that he would talk to him but the Watchman didn't talk to him and he just pass away.

Answer 2

2 acquainted means someone we know slightly. It has been used because the author is lonely and sad and now is knowing the night slightly

3 because there is know one except the author and the watchman.

Don’t know 4

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