Mar 20 2005
To Earthward
To Earthward
Robert Frost
As sweet as I could bear;
And once that seemed too much;
I lived on air
That crossed me from sweet things,
The flow of – was it musk
From hidden grapevine springs
Down hill at dusk?
I had the swirl and ache
From sprays of honeysuckle
That when they’re gathered shake
Dew on the knuckle.
I craved strong sweets, but those
Seemed strong when I was young;
The petal of the rose
It was that stung.
Now no joy but lacks salt
That is not dashed with pain
And weariness and fault;
I crave the stain
Of tears, the aftermark
Of almost too much love,
The sweet of bitter bark
And burning clove.
When stiff and sore and scarred
I take away my hand
From leaning on it hard
In grass and sand,
The hurt is not enough:
I long for weight and strength
To feel the earth as rough
To all my length.
Robert Frost
this is my favorite frost poem
This poem made me cry, knowing it is simalar to what we deal with now-a-days. :cry :sigh :sigh
[B]bold[/B]i really liked this poem cuzz pretty much everyone relates to it in some ways 🙂 [*]list close
wat does this poem mean..anybody??
🙂 :grin 🙂 :grin 😉 8) 😉 8) :p :roll :p :roll :eek :upset :eek :upset :zzz :sigh :zzz :sigh 😕 :cry 😕 :cry 🙁 😡 🙁 😡
You know what? I have no idea what the hell this means. I don\’t care, I still like it because I like all Frost poems. 😕 :grin 8) :zzz
😡 🙁 :cry 😕 :sigh :zzz :upset :eek :roll :p 8) 😉 :grin 🙂
Bryona likes this poem,…..[B]yurrrr[/B]
👿 His poem inspired me to write a poem to my best maddie,
which goes
i love your smile, your eyes, your hair
your love, your trust and your care
we step to the beat of our song in our heart
our friendship will never fail or tearus apart
thanks robert frost for inspriing me…. you will live on forever ;-( :woot: :whistle: :love: :ninja: :bandit: :angel:
I like this poem which has the different interpretation with understanding of the human brain. It is related to the life that isinterrelated with nature.
xoxo
sweet
I agree with D. B. all poems mean something different to the reader. Basically this poem is about falling in and out of love
At first the smells are sweet and tantalizing. Love at first starts with a crush that is almost hypnotic at times.
Later the smells are heavy haunting smells and then just a memory. This is about the break up there is a memory of sweet (the rose) but then it is bitter.
Every flower and sentence has symbolism it is kinda fun to go through. Robert Frost is amazing.
I agree with Krystyn about the poem being about falling in and out of love. WHeen I read it aloud it seems like it signifies rising and falling, the ups and the downs of a relationship