The Meaning Of Misdirection In Poetry, By Robert Frost

Our speaker seems a solemn individual. One, whom explores a city alone and by night, a favorable past time for anybody who does not want to be bothered. Yet, as evidenced in the form of the poem, our speaker seems to feel a spark of excitement when human interaction becomes a possibility within our story. However, it seems that our poet, Robert Frost, displays an uncanny knack for misdirection throughout the entirety of this poem, and unless we meticulously pick this poem apart, we may miss the real meaning behind Frost 's words. Case in point: At first glance, this poem, about a lonely individual, appears to focus on their desire for human companionship, but, just perhaps, our speaker is actually loath to admit his true feelings, that companionship is what they desire the least.
We have in our attention, a very complicated individual; an individual who 's complications

They are obviously longing for some companionship, and they certainly had an opportunity to establish some when they passed the watchman, but they did not for a reason they were unwilling to explain. I will say that sometimes instigating conversation or friendship can take a certain amount of bravery, so perhaps our speaker is a coward? To refute this, I must again reference line three of our poem "I have outwalked the furthest city light" (3). This, in conjunction with his explorations of the "saddest" (4) places in the city, serve to prove that our speaker is in fact, brave. Brave enough to venture where few people dare. It is, then, not for lack of bravery that they drops their gaze from the watchman 's, because they is blessed with more bravery than most. They drops their gaze because they are unwilling to explain something, and I would argue that it 's their nightly excursions they they are unwilling to explain, for they are unable to explain that they like to be