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Sun 12 Apr, 2009 05:15 pm
Where had I heard this wind before
Change like this to a deeper roar?
What would it take my standing there for,
Holding open a restive door,
Looking downhill to a frothy shore?
Summer was past and day was past.
Somber clouds in the west were massed.
Out in the porch's sagging floor
Leaves got up in a coil and hissed,
Blindly struck at my knee and missed.
Something sinister in the tone
Told me my secret must be known:
Word I was in the house alone
Somehow must have gotten abroad,
Word I was in my life alone,
Word I had no one left but God.
I understand the plot of this great poem by Robert Frost, but i can't seem to touch down on the tone and theme of it.
Would you please help?
@vahmeti,
Well, hey, make some guesses and maybe people will guide you after that.
Look up the title in the dictionary.
(oops - edit)
Tone refers to the way the author feels about the subject. What mood is he setting? Where in the poem do you find words that express this tone he is setting?
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