Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HILL WIFE: HOUSE FEAR, by ROBERT FROST Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Always - I tell you this they learned Last Line: Until they had lit the lamp inside. Subject(s): Fear; Marriage; Supernatural; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
Always -- I tell you this they learned -- Always at night when they returned To the lonely house from far away To lamps unlighted and fire gone gray, They learned to rattle the lock and key To give whatever might chance to be Warning and time to be off in flight: And preferring the out- to the in-door night, They learned to leave the house-door wide Until they had lit the lamp inside. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV |
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