THE FIGURE A POEM MAKES No one can really hold that ecstasy should be static and stand still in one place. It begins in delight, it inclines to the … - Robert Frost

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THE FIGURE A POEM MAKES

No one can really hold that ecstasy should be static and stand still in one place. It begins in delight, it inclines to the impulse, it assumes direction with the first line laid down, it runs a course of lucky events, and ends in a clarification of life- Not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.