Devotion Poem by Robert Frost

There's a really neat sculpture outside the Burbank Branch of the Portland Public Library (Portland, ME, that is) in tribute to this poem. Check it out if you're in town.

Frost is able to capture so much in just a few words. ‘Shore to ocean’ is a most effective metaphor, its static quality brilliant enhanced by the waves implied in the last line of the poem. The constancy and reliability suggested here is implicit in the phrase ‘for better or worse, for richer or poorer’ as it is also present in Hamlet’s ‘this above all, to thine own self be true.'

great thought in this poem.....

Wow he painted a big picture and great concept in few words..fabulous! .. :)

Love the simple imagery of first two lines. Other two still trying to figure out.

Only the chosen few can take this poem to heart.

A brilliant four liner that fully deserves the honor.

Simple poem with great wisdom, The rhyme is expressive and symbolic.

A fantastic poem by the one of the greatest poets of all time....