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Robert Frost (1874 - 1963 / San Francisco / USA)
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Early years Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, California, to journalist William Prescott Frost, Jr., and Isabelle Moodie. His mother was of S .. more >>
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A Late Walk

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  When I go up through the mowing field,
The headless aftermath,
Smooth-laid like thatch with the heavy dew,
Half closes the garden path.

And when I come to the garden ground,
The whir of sober birds
Up from the tangle of withered weeds
Is sadder than any words

A tree beside the wall stands bare,
But a leaf that lingered brown,
Disturbed, I doubt not, by my thought,
Comes softly rattling down.

I end not far from my going forth
By picking the faded blue
Of the last remaining aster flower
To carry again to you.

Robert Frost


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  Emma A  (9/29/2009 3:00:00 PM)

i dont really agree that the grass doesnt grow in autumn.
and dat hes not talkin about autumn because he is
and the fact that he talks about the fading flower
does highlight that it might be to someone he misses
and he talks about the walk like hes familiar with it and maybe he used to walk with a person and its like he's describing diffrences and then he gets to the flower and it reminds that he does miss that person
  Adolf Hitler  (6/24/2009 1:00:00 PM)

KKK, all the WAY! ! ! !
earth+jews=BAD
earth-jews= HAPPY

SOLUTION: Kill the fag jews
  Ho Chi Minh  (5/9/2008 4:09:00 PM)

But you don't really mow the fields in autumn, the grass isn't growing then...
It's about life, the autumn of life, where he ends not far from where he started..
And he picks a fading flower to bring to the grave of his departed love as once he had brought fresh flowers (back in the spring)
It's a sad poem, it's about age, and loss., imo.
  Emra Waqqas  (4/16/2008 8:02:00 PM)

This is something i did for a school assignment also and i disagree with you Rachael.Its really about how Robert Frost was walking through the mowing fields and its autumn but he sees one little alter/flower that reminds him of his memories from the summer
  Rachael Mcadamss  (4/15/2008 6:11:00 PM)

something i had to do for a school assignment...


I think the emotions gathered by this poem, 'A Late Walk' by Robert Frost, is love, and maybe even loss. I think this because in the last line it talks about bringing the last aster flower to someone, and this might mean that the someone is someone that they love, or someone that they might miss or have lost. The theme of 'A Late Walk' is that there is beauty in even the somberist things in life. I think that this theme is correct because in the beginning it is talking about sober birds up from the tangles of weeds, and how it is sad. It also talks about bare trees, and since Robert Frost loved nature so much, a tree that is bare might be discouraging to him. But i believe it is talking about beauty when the speaker picks the last blue aster flower for the one he loves and/or misses. I think the historical and social aspects that probably would have inspired Robert Frost is his love for nature, and his losses in life which include his children, his wife, and even his sister. I think those losses are what inspired him to write 'A Late Walk', and i believe that the last aster flower was being picked for everyone in his life that he had lost.
  Duncan Wyllie  (3/25/2007 7:46:00 AM)

This is amazing!
Love duncan X

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