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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Following are the literary devices used in this poem: Alliteration - It is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same sentence. i.e. “I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet.” Enjambment – It is the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pauRead more

    Following are the literary devices used in this poem:

    1. Alliteration – It is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same sentence. i.e. “I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet.”
    2. Enjambment – It is the continuation of a syntactic unit from one line of verse into the next line without a pause. Frost uses it most of the time. For example, “I have passed by the watch on his beat/and dropped my eyes.”
    3. Symbolism – It is the use of anything symbolic to extend a greater meaning. In the poem, “night” comes to symbolise the isolation and loneliness of the speaker; “luminary clock” is the passage of time which stops for nothing.
    4. Metaphor – It is a figure of speech which implies a different meaning apart from its literal meaning. “clock” in the poem is not literal. It stands for the passage of time. “Night” is also an extended metaphor in the poem which means isolation of the speaker and the pessimism which it brings.

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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    The first thing which the speaker sees and confronts is rain. He sees city lane which seems too sad to him. He sees the watchman. He hears the sound of his own feet. He hears a cry coming from a neighbouring street. Otherwise, it is a lonely and silent walk. Read: Summary of Acquainted With the NighRead more

    The first thing which the speaker sees and confronts is rain. He sees city lane which seems too sad to him. He sees the watchman. He hears the sound of his own feet. He hears a cry coming from a neighbouring street. Otherwise, it is a lonely and silent walk.

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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    From the very first line of the poem, its tone is set which is pervasively pessimistic. The whole poem describes isolation in an existentialist manner. The tone is that of an inevitable tragedy which is the “essence of man’s existence in his lonely human state.” Read: Summary of Acquainted With theRead more

    From the very first line of the poem, its tone is set which is pervasively pessimistic. The whole poem describes isolation in an existentialist manner. The tone is that of an inevitable tragedy which is the “essence of man’s existence in his lonely human state.”

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  1. Lucifer
    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    ‘luminary clock’ sitting ‘at an unearthly height’ is a complex and ambiguous image given in the poem. On a plane level, it fits the description of moon too but as a metaphor, it is a spiritual presence for the mood in which the speaker is. It is the passage of time which goes no matter what and theRead more

    ‘luminary clock’ sitting ‘at an unearthly height’ is a complex and ambiguous image given in the poem. On a plane level, it fits the description of moon too but as a metaphor, it is a spiritual presence for the mood in which the speaker is. It is the passage of time which goes no matter what and the speaker feels like he is out of the time and space.

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    Lucifer better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven

    Situated in the opening line of the poem, ‘acquainted with the night’ is a declarative statement. The whole poem is an elaboration of this statement. The speaker is expressing his familiarity with the night because of the long process which he has gone through in isolation and loneliness. That’s whyRead more

    Situated in the opening line of the poem, ‘acquainted with the night’ is a declarative statement. The whole poem is an elaboration of this statement. The speaker is expressing his familiarity with the night because of the long process which he has gone through in isolation and loneliness. That’s why in a present perfect tense, he says that “I have been” acquainted with the night.

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  1. Poonam Sharma
    Poonam Sharma literarian

    Following figures of speech have been used in this poem. Metaphor. It is a figure of speech which means something else apart from its literal meaning. Here the poet uses the word “miles” in the last stanza which actually means the life one lives, the whole timeline. Personification. When something iRead more

    Following figures of speech have been used in this poem.
    Metaphor. It is a figure of speech which means something else apart from its literal meaning. Here the poet uses the word “miles” in the last stanza which actually means the life one lives, the whole timeline.
    Personification. When something is given with human features. Horse is a personification here who feels like a human being amidst the woods and he tries to inform this to its owner by shaking its harness bell.
    Consonance. It is the repetition of consonant sounds. The poem is full of it. Such as “to watch his woods”, “whose woods are these.”

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  1. Poonam Sharma
    Poonam Sharma literarian

    The tone of the poem is that of a candid thought which evokes mysteriousness of Nature’s beauty. When the poet says the woods is lovely, dark and deep, one also gets the idea of ominous layer all over the place. The tone is that of a longing and many say poet has also expressed his death wish in it.

    The tone of the poem is that of a candid thought which evokes mysteriousness of Nature’s beauty. When the poet says the woods is lovely, dark and deep, one also gets the idea of ominous layer all over the place. The tone is that of a longing and many say poet has also expressed his death wish in it.

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  1. Poonam Sharma
    Poonam Sharma literarian

    It is owned by a person who lives in the village. The narrator knows him personally. He doesn’t live in the woods he owns.

    It is owned by a person who lives in the village. The narrator knows him personally. He doesn’t live in the woods he owns.

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  1. Poonam Sharma
    Poonam Sharma literarian

    The horse stands as a bridge between the human world of the traveller and the world of Nature. It reminds him of home by shaking the bell.

    The horse stands as a bridge between the human world of the traveller and the world of Nature. It reminds him of home by shaking the bell.

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  1. Poonam Sharma
    Poonam Sharma literarian

    The message of this poem is the every now and then one may stand apart from everything else in the epiphany of Nature or any beauty but one will have to eventually engage with the practical realm and fulfil promises before death.

    The message of this poem is the every now and then one may stand apart from everything else in the epiphany of Nature or any beauty but one will have to eventually engage with the practical realm and fulfil promises before death.

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