A previously unpublished poem by Robert Frost has been found! The poem, entitled "War Thoughts At Home" was found handwritten in the cover of a book, and will be published in Virginia Quarterly Review this week.
I read an article just today regarding Robert Frost’s Farm and other historic sites which are falling into disrepair. It’s such a shame that no one is taking care of such historical landmarks. I would love to to see the home.
This is what I've been able to piece together from various reports.
War Thoughts at Home Robert Frost [35 lines, 7 stanzas, each 5 lines]
1. The flurry of bird war [?] ….[?] ….[?] ….[?] ….[?]
2. It is late in an afternoon More grey with snow to fall Than white with fallen snow When it is blue jay and crow Or no bird at all.
3. [or 1?] On the backside of the house Where it wears no paint to the weather And so shows most its age, Suddenly blue jays rage And flash in blue feather.
4. ….[?] ….[?] ….[?] ….[?] ….[?]
5. And one says to the rest “We must just watch our chance And escape one by one- Though the fight is no more done Than the war is in France.”
6. Than the war is in France! She thinks of a winter camp Where soldiers for France are made. She draws down the window shade And it glows with an early lamp.
7. …..[?] The uneven sheds stretch back Shed behind shed in train Like cars that have long lain Dead on a side track.
I read an article just today regarding Robert Frost’s Farm and other historic sites which are falling into disrepair. It’s such a shame that no one is taking care of such historical landmarks. I would love to to see the home.
ReplyDeleteThis is what I've been able to piece together from various reports.
ReplyDeleteWar Thoughts at Home
Robert Frost
[35 lines, 7 stanzas, each 5 lines]
1.
The flurry of bird war [?]
….[?]
….[?]
….[?]
….[?]
2.
It is late in an afternoon
More grey with snow to fall
Than white with fallen snow
When it is blue jay and crow
Or no bird at all.
3. [or 1?]
On the backside of the house
Where it wears no paint to the weather
And so shows most its age,
Suddenly blue jays rage
And flash in blue feather.
4.
….[?]
….[?]
….[?]
….[?]
….[?]
5.
And one says to the rest
“We must just watch our chance
And escape one by one-
Though the fight is no more done
Than the war is in France.”
6.
Than the war is in France!
She thinks of a winter camp
Where soldiers for France are made.
She draws down the window shade
And it glows with an early lamp.
7.
…..[?]
The uneven sheds stretch back
Shed behind shed in train
Like cars that have long lain
Dead on a side track.