In Neglect
In Neglect - context Summary
Published in 1916
Written for the 1916 collection Mountain Interval, "In Neglect" appears amid Robert Frost's early mature work and shares the book's interest in personal isolation and ironic distance between people. The short lyric imagines two figures left by others who once misjudged them; they respond with a mixture of mischief and celestial detachment while testing whether they feel abandoned. Placed in Mountain Interval, the poem gains resonance with Frost's recurring focus on selfhood, social misunderstanding, and the small, ambiguous moments that reveal character.
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