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Feb 8, 2024 · This poem from the wonderful nature poet Edward Thomas (1878-1917) begins by describing a forest at night, above whose trees the stars shine like ‘seeds of light’. 9. Joseph Campbell, ‘ Darkness ’.
‘The Dark Forest’ by Edward Thomas is a beautiful, haunting poem about life, death, and our inability to commune with those on the opposite side. Through the image of the forest, and all that which resides within and around it, Thomas depicts the gulf that separates the living from the dead.
Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost. Ah me! how hard a thing it is to say What was this forest savage, rough, and stern, Which in the very thought renews the fear.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” from The Poetry of Robert Frost, edited by Edward Connery Lathem.
By John Keats. My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains. My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains. One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk: 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness,— That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees. In some melodious plot.
By Robert Frost. I wonder about the trees. Why do we wish to bear. Forever the noise of these. More than another noise. So close to our dwelling place? We suffer them by the day. Till we lose all measure of pace, And fixity in our joys, And acquire a listening air. They are that that talks of going. But never gets away;
Analysis (ai): This poem is a meditation on isolation and otherness. It uses imagery of a dark and mysterious forest to create a sense of alienation and impenetrability. The speaker observes the forest from afar, but is unable to enter or communicate with its inhabitants.
