My Second Poem

Desert Places
by Robert Frost
Snow falling and night falling fast, oh, fast
In a field I looked into going past,
And the ground almost covered smooth in snow,
But a few weeds and stubble showing last.

The woods around it have it - it is theirs.
All animals are smothered in their lairs.
I am too absent-spirited to count;
The loneliness includes me unawares.

And lonely as it is, that loneliness
Will be more lonely ere it will be less-
A blanker whiteness of benighted snow
With no expression, nothing to express.

They cannot scare me with their empty spaces
Between stars - on stars where no human race is.
I have it in me so much nearer home
To scare myself with my own desert places

In this poem, Frost refers to his intense loneliness. He compares his loneliness with other pieces of nature such as when he says, "The woods around it have it - it is theirs. All animals are smothered in their lairs." In these lines he is referring to feeling of emptiness, such as the spaces between the trees in the woods. Because he himself is feeling lonely, he uses personification to bring pieces of nature to life. He, in a sense, transfers his emotions and the way he is feeling to these creatures of nature. This poem has a unique rhyme scheme that help to bring it to life.