Acquainted With The Night

Acquainted with the Night was a short poem written in 1928, by a great American author named Robert Frost. At an early age, Frost dealt with many dilemmas; his father died of tuberculosis when Frost was 11, and his mother to cancer when he was 26 (Robert).These few of many tragic events caused Frost’s depression, and poetry was the one thing that held him together. Throughout Acquainted with the Night, there are endless examples of Frost’s depression. Words such as darkness, loneliness, and rain are words that set the theme of depression and social atmosphere, which really symbolizes what Frost’s poem was about. Frost’s poem is interpreted different ways, and that is one of the reasons why he is such a great writer. Robert Frost’s poem Acquainted with the Night is about his depression, which he interprets through metaphors, symbolism, and the social atmosphere throughout his poem.
Although Frost’s poem never clearly states that his poem is about depression, it is interpreted through his poem. A major metaphor is established in the title; “Acquainted with the Night”, the “Night” is meant to represent depression which is the theme throughout the poem (Dodd). Another example of a metaphor is “I have looked down the saddest city lanes”, here frost is actually talking about his depressed life (Roberts). Depression is the main theme throughout this poem because Frost experienced signs and symptoms of depression throughout his life. Robert Frost writes about the darkness that many people face, and how on a long enough timeline it ceases to be anything but a regular part of their life (Dodd). These metaphors affect the meaning of them by making readers realizing the feelings portrayed by