Analysis of Bereft

Robert Frost 1874 (San Francisco) – 1963 (Boston)



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 down hill to a frothy shore?
Summer was past and the day was past.
Sombre clouds in the west were massed.
Out on the porch's sagging floor,
Leaves got up in a coil and hissed,
Blindly striking at my knee and missed.
Something sinister in the tone
Told me my secret my 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.


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Poetic Form
Metre 11111101 11110101 111111011 10100101 101110101 101100111 1100101 1101101 11100101 101011101 10100001 11110111 11100101 1111001 11101101 11111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 543
Words 111
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 428
Words per stanza (avg) 109
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 27, 2023

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Robert Frost

Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. more…

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