A Servant To Servants Comments

Last but not least: 5 Stars full score and myriad more! To My Favourites, thank you! Congratulations for this long and fascinating poem.being chosen as The Classic Poem Of The Day!

5) upon by those who camp and work on the land. The man she addresses is one of these men, and while in some sense her monologue may be seen to address all of them with her concerns and complaints, she is only directly addressing one.

4) for being distant or unfriendly, saying that she wanted to come down to the man's camp and visit him, to see how he lives, but that she has been busy with "a houseful of hungry men to feed." She is a self-described servant, seeing herself as put

3) The poem reads stream-ofconsciousness: The monologue rattles on as the talkative woman veers from subject to subject. When the poem opens, the woman is expressing gratitude for the man having camped on the land. She seems to be making excuses

2) , " Noah's curse on Ham, the father of Canaan from the Old Testament (Genesis 9: 25) . The listener is without a voice, leaving the reader with no other perspective on the information the woman provides about her life other than her own.

!) In this dramatic monologue, a woman "servant" addresses a man who camps on the land she and her husband, Len, own. Several commentators have noted the similarity of the title to "and thou shalt be a servant of servants

An outstanding piece by a great poet 10+++++++

'There's nothing but a voice-like left inside That seems to tell me how I ought to feel, And would feel if I wasn't all gone wrong.' - A kind of feeling that we all experience at times, perhaps! Glad to see this poem chosen as the 'Modern Poem of the Day'!

it's a great mastery of the world no.1 poet on his narrative, meditative poetic expression through absolute blank verse

Powerful, meaningful and touching write. I have learned another side of life in this very well expressed poem. Robert Frost's pen is just marvelous! Great poem.

Documents of life! ! " There's work enough to do" ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

he worst that you can do Is set me back a little more behind. I sha'n't catch up in this world, anyway. I'd rather you'd not go unless you must. a very fine poem of the great Frost. tony

He was a very soulful servant this servant. Great poem. A movie even

Too long but nice, is this a poem or a song

I memorized this poem and performed it in my English Poetry Class in 1970. I got a standing ovation and an A for it. I have never forgotten that poem. And, I never will. Robert Frost was my favorite of all time.

i dont know about the mental illness part tho

This poem is intriguing

whoa its rily looooooong, gret thou

Awesome I like this poem, check mine out

beautiful really, I like it.