{"id":477,"date":"2017-05-10T22:22:55","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T22:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-hccc-americanlit2\/?post_type=chapter&p=477"},"modified":"2017-05-10T22:22:55","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T22:22:55","slug":"robert-frost-acquainted-with-the-night-1923","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-english2\/chapter\/robert-frost-acquainted-with-the-night-1923\/","title":{"raw":"Robert Frost, \"Acquainted with the Night,\" 1923","rendered":"Robert Frost, “Acquainted with the Night,” 1923"},"content":{"raw":"

I have been one acquainted with the night.\nI have walked out in rain\u2014and back in rain.\nI have outwalked the furthest city light.\n\nI have looked down the saddest city lane.\nI have passed by the watchman on his beat\nAnd dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.\n\nI have stood still and stopped the sound of feet\nWhen far away an interrupted cry\nCame over houses from another street,\n\nBut not to call me back or say good-bye;\nAnd further still at an unearthly height,\nOne luminary clock against the sky\n\nProclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.\nI have been one acquainted with the night.\n\n\u00a0\n<\/p>

Robert Lee Frost<\/b> (March 26, 1874\u00a0\u2013 January 29, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. One of the most popular and critically respected American poets of the twentieth century,\u00a0Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He became one of America's rare \"public literary figures, almost an artistic institution.\"\u00a0He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works. On July 22, 1961, Frost was named poet laureate of Vermont.<\/div>","rendered":"

I have been one acquainted with the night.
\nI have walked out in rain\u2014and back in rain.
\nI have outwalked the furthest city light.<\/p>\n

I have looked down the saddest city lane.
\nI have passed by the watchman on his beat
\nAnd dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.<\/p>\n

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
\nWhen far away an interrupted cry
\nCame over houses from another street,<\/p>\n

But not to call me back or say good-bye;
\nAnd further still at an unearthly height,
\nOne luminary clock against the sky<\/p>\n

Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
\nI have been one acquainted with the night.<\/p>\n

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Robert Lee Frost<\/b> (March 26, 1874\u00a0\u2013 January 29, 1963) was an American poet. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. His work frequently employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. One of the most popular and critically respected American poets of the twentieth century,\u00a0Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He became one of America’s rare “public literary figures, almost an artistic institution.”\u00a0He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works. On July 22, 1961, Frost was named poet laureate of Vermont.<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t
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