Revelation Poem by Robert Frost

Revelation

Rating: 3.5


We make ourselves a place apart
Behind light words that tease and flout,
But oh, the agitated heart
Till someone find us really out.

'Tis pity if the case require
(Or so we say) that in the end
We speak the literal to inspire
The understanding of a friend.

But so with all, from babes that play
At hide-and-seek to God afar,
So all who hide too well away
Must speak and tell us where they are.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
D Faust 19 April 2005

i would guess that this peom truely means what you want it to mean. Some may think it means once you develop a strong relationship with God you'll understand yourself. But others may think God made you the way you are to affect they way those around you are.

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Walterrean Salley 29 April 2012

So all who hide too well away Must speak and tell us where they are. The last stanza well sums up this poem.

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Steven Wisniewski 09 June 2018

A lovely poem, clearly it's about the masks we wear in front of others whilst hiding our true selves.

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Subhas Chandra Chakra 05 October 2017

We make ourselves a place apart Behind light words that tease and flout, But oh, the agitated heart Till someone find us really out. A structurally unique poem shared.

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Richard Lyons 13 March 2016

How can one logically argue with what another see as the meaning? The structure - now that sings..

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Richard Lyons 13 March 2016

I appreciate the beauty of it's structure, the perception of the intent, may well vary.

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* Sunprincess * 27 January 2013

I believe Robert's meaning came through in the last stanza.. well written with no hidden meaning!

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