17 Sep : "Acquainted with the Night" by Robert Frost

Acquainted with the Night
                                            
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rainand 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.

2 comments:

  1. This reminds me of all of the writers we hear about that imposed walking as a ritual for thought- and Frost, one of the most famous (walking upon two roads!). Simple, observatory...brief but descriptive enough.

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  2. The narrator seems acquainted with shady business too. Is he just observing or is he also compliant?

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