Depression and suicide are extremely common among today’s society. Though many of these broken lives are tragically cut short, some discover the strength they need to find happiness. In the poem “Acquainted with the Night”, Robert Frost’s application of the past tense and his use of symbolism provides the speaker with a new found hope leading him out of the darkness back to happiness. Through the entirety of the poem, Frost establishes a mood of depression and isolation accompanied by an acute amount of hope within the speaker. Frosts use of the universal symbols, night and rain throughout the poem help describe the gloomy mood and leads readers to infer that the speaker is facing some personal, internal challenges. Depression is difficult
