Ghost House

    I DWELL in a lonely house I know
    That vanished many a summer ago,
    And left no trace but the cellar walls,
    And a cellar in which the daylight falls,
    And the purple-stemmed wild raspberries grow.
    O'er ruined fences the grape-vines shield
    The woods come back to the mowing field;
    The orchard tree has grown one copse
    Of new wood and old where the woodpecker chops;
    The footpath down to the well is healed.
    I dwell with a strangely aching heart
    In that vanished abode there far apart
    On that disused and forgotten road
    That has no dust-bath now for the toad.
    Night comes; the black bats tumble and dart;
    The whippoorwill is coming to shout
    And hush and cluck and flutter about:
    I hear him begin far enough away
    Full many a time to say his say
    Before he arrives to say it out.
    It is under the small, dim, summer star.
    I know not who these mute folk are
    Who share the unlit place with me—
    Those stones out under the low-limbed tree
    Doubtless bear names that the mosses mar.
    They are tireless folk, but slow and sad,
    Though two, close-keeping, are lass and lad,—
    With none among them that ever sings,
    And yet, in view of how many things,
    As sweet companions as might be had.

I chose this poem because it reminds me of my current fascination with the Addams Family.The Addams family live like a regular family except they have a deep love for the grotesque and morbid aspects of life.In this poem the persona is describing the house in which it lives and how it appears to be lonely and deserted with only "tireless folk" a.k.a ghosts there as "sweet companions".Like the Addams family the persona of this poem prefers to spend its time in the company of immortal beings than with other members of today's current society.A key phrase I like from the Addams family musical is "Define Normal" which I feel accurately describes both situations encounters and preferences. In this poem Robert Frost uses auditory imagery to convey a sense of how alone an desolate the surroundings of this house are.Frost achieves this imagery with his choice of diction, words such as "hush", "flutter" ,and "mute" truly captures the essence of this solitude in this poem.