In Frost’s Acquainted with the Night, he uses an aimless walk in the dark of the night as a metaphor for the loneliness that he knows so well. In the first line he states that he was “one acquainted with the night,” taking special care to use the word “one” to describe his place in the night. As the song says, “One is the loneliest number.” In the second line he adds rain to the description- twice- walking i

The third triplet in the poem goes deeper into the description of his feelings of isolation. The sound of other feet walking his path doesn’t exist, punctuating the fact that he is on his journey alone. In the eighth line he hears a voice from far away- could this be hope? Could someone be trying to reach his and bring him back?

The second stanza begins with a look “down the saddest city lane.” It’s as if he is looking down a road in life that he must travel, and personally knows the sadness that awaits him there. As he walks past “the watchman on his beat” (5), one has to wonder if the watchman is God, or simply his own inner self. Whomever it is, he drops his eyes “unwilling to explain”(6), regarding his lack of faith, or perhaps he simply is ashamed to admit his placement in depression.

In the fourth stanza our question is answered as he realizes that it wasn’t directed to him. No one is calling him home, so out he will remain. In the eleventh and twelfth lines he sees the moon, looking like a “luminary clock against the sky”. He is alone, and the one thing

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