To earthward by robert frost?

i sorta get it but i want to know why he wrote it, under what conditions, etc... and what does it relate to?


please include book or web resources








LOVE at the lips was touch


As sweet as I could bear;


And once that seemed too much;


I lived on air


That crossed me from sweet things,


The flow of- was it musk


From hidden grapevine springs


Down hill at dusk?


I had the swirl and ache


From sprays of honeysuckle


That when they're gathered shake


Dew on the knuckle.


I craved strong sweets, but those


Seemed strong when I was young;


The petal of the rose


It was that stung.


Now no joy but lacks salt


That is not dashed with pain


And weariness and fault;


I crave the stain


Of tears, the aftermark


Of almost too much love,


The sweet of bitter bark


And burning clove.


When stiff and sore and scarred


I take away my hand


From leaning on it hard


In grass and sand,


The hurt is not enough:


I long for weight and strength


To feel the earth as rough


To all my length.

To earthward by robert frost?
He is describing his own exhilaration of falling in love. The French artists did that with lovers floating. You too will find that when you fall in love, it feels as if you are walking along two feet off the ground. Being in love is so beautiful it hurts. The gentle rose petals prick, not the thorns. Things are not as they normally are. the world has changed. Musk was a very exhilarating perfume, now no longer available but whose effect was rather like amyl nitrate, but long lasting.





The perfumes make him heady. The practicality is that his blood pressure has dropped and he feels giddy. He wants to lay down with his lover but, how can he, he is so buoyed up?
Reply:you could do this search faster than I can look it up and give it to you. type analysis: To Earthward by Robert Frost, and define: enjambment %26lt;accurate use of that word wins an A on any paper!