Analysis Of Acquainted By The Night

Although mental health awareness has come a long way in the last few years, in Robert Frost’s “Acquainted by the Night”, the poet illustrated that mental illness has been around since long before 1928 when the work was created. Frost’s poem tells the tale of a man battling what appears to be a serious depression. The setting of this poem does little to brighten anyone’s day, let alone mental wellness. The poet also employs loneliness, and managed to weave repetition in and out of the poem to help reflect the tired and depressive nature of this man’s life.
The setting the poet paints for readers is not one of sunshine and roses; instead the poem is set in a place more akin to darkness and depression. The second stanza serves to reinforce this