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“Ghost House” is a poem by Robert Frost that shows deliberate emotions and feelings. The speaker experiences the loss of something significant, talks about nature, and goes through a dark phase due to the loss. Holding on to something and never knowing how to let go is horrendous. Talking about nature could ease your mind and refresh your brain. However, being in darkness only accelerates human decay. Robert Frost knows every way to sweep you away and entertain your mind. Something can vanish right before your eyes without you being aware of it. Sometimes you may think it's just a waiver, but it may never be recovered. The speaker focuses on the past and what has been. Attachment to a person, place, or thing could become harmful, especially when you become detached. Robert Frost articulates the loss of something through the words disappeared, ruined, disused and forgotten. Frost knows exactly how to capture the reader and attention with his spontaneity. When something has vanished, that substance is no longer seen. The house is gone and is no longer on the foundation it stood on for years. Returning to a place you are so used to is difficult when you can't enjoy the view. The house that once stood there disappeared many years ago without a trace. The only aspect that is there and has always been there are the cellar walls. Robert Frost not only used the word disappeared to describe the image of something missing, but he also used ruined to give the reader a distinct view of an old, run-down area. “O'er ruined fences the shield of vines…. " written by Robert Frost is used to talk about how the vines guarded the fences that are ruined but still stand out in front of the house that no longer exists...... middle of paper...... with other beings humans who are now buried in the courtyard of a vanished place. Robert Frost not only loves nature, but in this piece he also has a love for darkness. Darkness means the loss of something and the dark soul child in a house, but that house is no longer there. Robert Frost uses words like night, dim, unlit and sad place to talk about darkness. Night comes and the day changes the wounded and dark feeling of a soul absent from the body. The night is a transition in time that helps the speaker to feel safe. The place is no longer there and as the speaker stands under the stars, the mind notices the darkness and smallness. Taking time out of the long day, the speaker has time to process the sights seen during the day.