Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HILL WIFE: THE SMILE, by ROBERT FROST Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I didn't like the way he went away Last Line: He's watching from the woods as like as not. Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
Her Word I didn't like the way he went away. That smile! It never came of being gay. Still he smiled -- did you see him? -- I was sure! Perhaps because we gave him only bread And the wretch knew from that that we were poor. Perhaps because he let us give instead Of seizing from us as he might have seized. Perhaps he mocked as us for being wed, Or being very young (and he was pleased To have a vision of us old and dead). I wonder how far down the road he's got. He's watching from the woods as like as not. | 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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