Tim, I'm not home right now, so I can't look up the poems, but I was aware that this poem is part of a group. I feel, however, that it stands by itself very nicely. There is not one single word in this poem that requires explication beyond what is said in the poem. I have not done Frost any disservice.
Ewrgall, you read too much into the poem. It has nothing to do with marriage or divorce -- there's no indication that the woman is unhappy with the marriage. Nor is it about farm living. I read it as being about fate, about chance, about the unexpected, about the forces we can't control. Get thee to a marriage counsellor, and don't read your problems into Frost's poems!
AE, thanks for your great comeback to MacArthur.
MacArthur, your criticisms are just lame. You can't see the forest for the trees.
P.S. I like "To the Thawing Wind" also.
[This message has been edited by Caleb Murdock (edited May 02, 2001).]
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