Acceptance, Robert Frost: Summary & Analysis
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In "Acceptance" by Robert Frost, the poet explores the concept of acceptance in the face of inevitable change and the approaching darkness of night. Through a contemplative and introspective tone, Frost reflects on the natural world's response to the setting sun and the transition to darkness. The poem conveys a sense of resignation and surrender to the natural order of things. Acceptance by Robert Frost When the spent sun throws up its rays on cloud
And goes down burning into the gulf below,
No voice in nature is heard to cry aloud
At what has happened. Birds, at least must know
It is the change to darkness in the sky.
Murmuring something quiet in her breast,
One bird begins to close a faded eye;
Or overtaken too far from his nest,
Hurrying low above the grove, some waif
Swoops just in time to his remembered tree.
At most he thinks or twitters softly, 'Safe!
Now let the night be dark for all of me.
Let the night be too dark for me to see
Into the future. Let what wil…