Bereft Comments

Interesting how God comes in at the end. But it is not the Christian God, the benevolent god, but the pagan god of the universe that does what he will

I don't see a problem with the meter; it does slightly shift but that is consistent with the disintegration in mood. Tone theme and effect are heightened, don't you think?

I love Frost. He was of his time. There are problems w the meter here - but I still come back to this again and again... the encroachment of old age - the loneliness of another season passed. Pure genius

A very poignant poem. Frost at his best!

(Bereft by Robert Frost.) The end justifies the means.

This poem weeps actual tears and it opens the doors of our soul to the gray cold winds of winter and bereavement. Frost knows we live an essentially lonely lives at times like this when we would love a friend's comforting and silent arm around us

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Nothing else to say. Cannot be said better.

When you are old and left out cold In some lonely place you call home And few come to call, i am often told Then God moves in and takes you in His fold..... I welcome all reading this to my page too for your valuable comments

Wow! You realize God is all you need.. when God is all you have left..fabulous! .. :)

Only God...

This poem conveys a mood of great aloneness: awareness of time moving on ('summer was past and the day was past') , a somber and sinister aloneness. Surely there is a great sense of mourning.

You guys make it sound as though being alone is an un-American activity! In fact it is a necessary prelude to reflections which in turn has led to some of the greatest poems in the English language - Tennyson's In Memoriam, Wordsworth's Prelude and Matthew Arnold's Dover Beach come to mind. Frost belongs to this elite group who are able to withdraw into themselves and come up with something capable of changing our lives.

apparently Frost felt more alone than others...re; 'acquainted with the night'

Even those great poets and poems have the same feeling.. Being alone.. alas! ! !

The speaker feels lonely, because he has lost someone (from the title bereft) . There' re part indicate the speaker wishes to die. 'Summer was past and day was past' mean the ending of life. Day was past mean it's night, and night mean the end of something.