West Running Brook
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Robert Frost
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West Running Brook
By Robert Frost (1874-1963)
'Fred, where is north?'
'North? North is there, my love.
The brook runs west.'
'West-running Brook then call it.'
(West-Running Brook men call it to this day.)
'What does it think k's doing running west
When all the other country brooks flow east
To reach the ocean? It must be the brook
Can trust itself to go by contraries
The way I can with yo...
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Poet: Robert Frost (1874-1963)
Published date: 1928
Theme: Tension Between a Married Couple
Symbol: Sunken Rock, West Running Brook
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West Running Brook Summary
"West Running Brook" is a philosophical poem by Robert Frost. This poem shows a newly married couple talking about a brook that flows in the West.
Generally, all streams flow eastwards and join the sea. But this stream is exceptional and flows westwards. The exceptional water flow indicates ongoing disagreements, and mismatches, between the couple.
But the wife tries to convince her husband, Fred,...
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