The author of "Acquainted with the Night" is Robert Frost. He was a American Poet receiving four Pulitzer prizes for poetry.This talks a little about his personal life. His father met a "untimely death from tuberculosis in 1885". He lost mother to cancer, and his little sister to mental illness. He also lost his wife to Breast Cancer. I believe the poem is about his struggle with depression, and him feeling like no one will understand what he is going through in life. That he can connect with no one, and time has no meaning for him, because he will forever be alone he believes. He also lost a few more people after the poem was published. I believe the poem reflects his depression.
"Robert Frost | American Poet." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 04 Feb. 2016.
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