Sonnet-Sydney Taylor

Acquainted With The Night 
by Robert Frost

I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.

I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,

But not to call me back or say good-by;
And further still at an unearthly height,
One luminary clock against the sky

Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.

"The Best Sonnets Ever: The Best Sonnets of All Time." The Best Sonnets Ever: The Best Sonnets of All Time. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Dec. 2015.

This poem has a very odd rhyme scheme, following a rhyme pattern of ABA BCB CDC DAD AA which most closely seems to align with a Spencerian style sonnet. The volta is at L13. It is written in iambic pentameter. The poem moves forward while repeating things from the past, the same as the narrator repeats his encounters with the night. The title is "acquainted" with the night, but the story seems to tell that he has a much closer relationship with the night.