Into My Own
Into My Own - context Summary
Published in 1915
Written for Frost’s 1915 collection A Boy's Will, "Into My Own" presents a solitary speaker drawn to dark, ancient woods as a testing ground for independence and identity. The poem frames retreat into unknownness not as escape but as deliberate self-discovery, imagining the speaker leaving familiar ties without abandoning their truth. It reflects Frost’s recurring preoccupation with solitude and personal conviction, treating the journey inward as both physical and existential. The occasion is not specified; its placement in Frost’s early work helps show formative themes that recur throughout his poetry.
Read Complete AnalysesOne of my wishes is that those dark trees, So old and firm they scarcely show the breeze, Were not, as ’twere, the merest mask of gloom, But stretched away unto the edge of doom. I should not be withheld but that some day into their vastness I should steal away, Fearless of ever finding open land, or highway where the slow wheel pours the sand. I do not see why I should e’er turn back, Or those should not set forth upon my track To overtake me, who should miss me here And long to know if still I held them dear. They would not find me changed from him they knew– Only more sure of all I though was true.
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