“Acquainted with the Night,” is another popular work of Frost’s packed full of figurative language starting with the title of the poem. The word “night” is a metaphor for darkness, which can be interpreted as loneliness or depression. The speaker appears to be well acquainted with feelings of sadness. Frost can personally identify with this sense of being surrounded by darkness as he unfortunately endured heavy tragedy in his life: prematurely losing all but two of his six children followed by an early loss of his wife (Stern, 2013). “I have looked down the saddest city lane” (4), could possibly refer to the city’s cemetery. The references to rain in line 2 can also speak of the heartbreaks in which the speaker has walked. “I have outwalked
