I have been one acquainted with the night.

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I have been one acquainted with the night.

Robert Frost

1928

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Topic

Night Depression Melancholy

Statement type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

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Poem

Time

1928

Person

Robert Frost

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Citation

Frost, Robert. "Acquainted with the Night." The Virginia Quarterly Review, Autumn 1928, st. 1, I. 1.

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