Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TRESPASS, by ROBERT FROST Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: No, I had set no prohibiting sign Last Line: But it made my property mine once more Subject(s): Property; Possessions | ||||||||
No, I had set no prohIbItIng sign, And yes, my land was hardly fenced. Nevertheless the land was mIne. I was beIng trespassed on and agamst. Whoever the surly freedom tooI< Of such an unaccountable stay Busying by my woods and brook Gave me strangely restless day. He might be opening leaves of stone, The picture-book of the trilobIte, For which the regIon round was known, And in which there was little ploperty nght Twas not the value I stood to lose In specimen crab In specimen rock, But hIS ignoring what was whose That made me look agaIn at the clock. Then came his little acknowledgment. He asked for a drink at the kitchen door, An errand he may have had to invent, But It made my property mine once more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE; CHAMBER AND SOUL by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS FAREWELL TO FARGO: SELLING THE HOUSE by KAREN SWENSON GETTING AND SPENDING by LINDA GREGERSON LEGAL FICTION by WILLIAM EMPSON LAURENCE BLOOMFIELD IN IRELAND: 1. LORD CRASHTON by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM |
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