acquainted with the night by robert frost

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Acquainted 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 city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Acquainted 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 city 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 at 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.

Acquainted 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 city 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 at 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.

Complete this Y chart to do a 30

Second analysis of the poem.

Looks like

Sounds like Feels like

I have been one acquainted with the night.

What could this word symbolise?

Death?Depression?Love?

I have outwalked the furthest city light.

What could this word symbolise?

hope?safety?guilt?

I have walked out in rain -- and back in rain.

What mood or tone is suggested by the symbolic use of “rain”?

Light-hearted Sullen mournful

Acquainted 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 city 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 at 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.

Fill in the missing words. This

poem has – lines.

That makes it a -------, a form

traditionally used for love poetry.

The lyric, of which a ------- is a

special form, deals with

personal feelings and beliefs.

• 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. 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 at 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.

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The first sestet relies on the

speaker’s motion and actions . The thematic break

occurs at the end of the sestet.

In the last octave, the speaker stops and

ponders. The beginning rhyme is

repeated in the couplet: suggests natural cycles and

reinforces repetition.

What links all of these words?

What change is introduced with

these words?

What has Frost done with the sonnet?

What else is noticeable?• “I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet." Name the sound technique and explain it.• It is alliteration used for poetic effect, a repetition of the same sound in several words. This

line from Robert Frost's poem "Acquainted with the Night,“ uses the repetition of the ‘s’ sound to create a sense of quiet, reinforcing the meaning of the line.

• Frost traditionally sets his poetry in a pastoral context i.e. The countryside and nature. Why is it appropriate to the theme of this poem to set it in a city?

• The theme is one of being lonely, isolated, detached from people and nature. The city is less friendly than the countryside – people avoid eye contact “ dropped my eyes”, there is little concern for fellow man – “saddest city lane”, even if one wants to help it’s hard to locate people who might need help “from far away, an interrupted cry ... From another street”. Even though Frost presents the city in a negative way, he uses the lights symbolically because is it well recognized that light represents hope, safety and life. When the narrator “outwalks the furthest city lights” this removes him from all those things and makes the night more threatening.

• Complete a 3:2:1 on this poem. List 3 things you recall about this poem 2 things you found interesting 1 reflective question.

You have one minute.

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