Love And A Question Analysis

A stranger came to the door at eve,
And he spoke the bridegroom fair.
He bore a green-white stick in his hand,
And, for all burden, care.
He asked with the eyes more than the lips
For a shelter for the night,
And he turned and looked at the road afar
Without a window light.

The bridegroom came forth into the porch
With, 'Let us look at the sky,
And question what of the night to be,
Stranger, you and I.'
The woodbine leaves littered the yard,
The woodbine berries were blue,
Autumn, yes, winter was in the wind;
'Stranger, I wish I knew.'

Within, the bride in the dusk alone
Bent over the open fire,
Her face rose-red with the glowing coal
And the thought of the heart's desire.

The bridegroom looked at the weary road,
Yet saw but her within,
And wished her heart in a case of gold
And pinned with a silver pin.

The bridegroom thought it little to give
A dole of bread, a purse,
A heartfelt prayer for the poor of God,
Or for the rich a curse;

But whether or not a man was asked
To mar the love of two
By harboring woe in the bridal house,
The bridegroom wished he knew.

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all of these review;like the naked one.yall are weird.haha what the heck?

| Posted on 2009-11-16 | by a guest

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you people need a life the poem seems to have a symbolism of not knowing if you can trust people you don't know. and for you people being overly in appropriate my god be immature somewhere that someone isn't trying to learn something

| Posted on 2009-05-13 | by a guest

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I think the poem is about the bridegroom meeting his own fear (that's who the "stranger" would be, suggesting that the man is unfamiliar with fear). His fear would be of "underperforming" when consecrating his marriage. He does not want to "mar" their marriage by ruining the wedding night. The "road" he looks down is, in my opinion, his own foresight into their marriage; it is, however, dark and he cannot see down it - showing he is unsure of where their marriage will end up. But it is all to start tonight and he doesn't want to mess it up at the start of the journey - hence the fear and the stranger. This poem was about a different time when every man and woman lost their virginity on their wedding night. Therefore, it would have been seen as even a bigger deal than nowadays. I think this is why the poem is harder to interpret for the people of today as the wedding night is more associated with "the first time as a married couple." In Frost's day the poem would have had a more obvious message and men would have been able to relate to it more easily.

| Posted on 2009-02-23 | by a guest

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i love you. lets make babies.
and please, get in my belly. thanks.

| Posted on 2009-02-01 | by a guest

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i love you. lets make babies.
and please, get in my belly. thanks.

| Posted on 2009-02-01 | by a guest

.: My interpretation :.

I think the bridegroom is contemplating whether the stranger at the door was hired to interrupt him and his bride from their consecrating their marriage.

| Posted on 2008-06-03 | by a guest

.: Freedom :.

This poem has touched me. I feel more clearly about expressing the way i feel. Now i can be free. I have decided to shave all my hair off. Pubes and all! I think all us human beings should be seen for who we truly are. NAKED there is nothing to hide. That includes my breast hair too.

| Posted on 2008-05-27 | by a guest

.: Freedom :.

This poem has touched me. I feel more clearly about expressing the way i feel. Now i can be free. I have decided to shave all my hair off. Pubes and all! I think all us human beings should be seen for who we truly are. NAKED there is nothing to hide. That includes my breast hair too.

| Posted on 2008-05-27 | by a guest

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hi after reading this poem it really helped me with my love life i now am happly engaged to Robert Lee Frost
I now am 5month pregnant and expecting twins just wondering if you have any poems on pregnancy to help me get threw this hardship as frosty doesnt want me anymore but however he rather mend walls with his neighbours.
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| Posted on 2008-05-26 | by a guest