How does Frost express his patriotic feeling in his poem The Gift Outright Robert Frost s - poem The Gift Outright expresses his deep love and pride for his country America The poem tells how Americans slowly gave themselves completely to their land and made it truly their own Frost shows that real patriotism is not only about owning land but also about giving one s heart soul and effort to the country America Before Freedom Frost begins by saying The land was ours before we were the land s This means that even though they lived on American land they still belonged to England They were English colonials They owned the land but did not yet feel it as their own country The Struggle for Freedom The poet says that something was missing Americans were withholding themselves from their own land Then they fought for freedom during the American