A Late Walk, Robert Frost: Summary & Analysis
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In "A Late Walk" by Robert Frost, the poet offers a contemplative portrayal of the transition between summer and autumn, using descriptive imagery to evoke the atmosphere of a mowing field and a garden. Through a reflective tone and attention to nature's details, Frost captures the bittersweet emotions associated with the changing seasons and the passage of time. A Late Walk by Robert Frost When I go up through the mowing field,
The headless aftermath,
Smooth-laid like thatch with the heavy dew,
Half closes the garden path.
And when I come to the garden ground,
The whir of sober birds
Up from the tangle of withered weeds
Is sadder than any words.
A tree beside the wall stands bare,
But a leaf that lingered brown,
Disturbed, I doubt not, by my thought,
Comes softly rattling down.
I end not far from my going forth
By picking the faded blue
Of the last remaining aster flower
To carry again to you. Critical Analysis "A Late Walk" by Robert Frost captures the contempla…