Question

purpose for reading: in today’s reading of \ghost house\, by robert frost, you will explore the poet’s reflection on memory, nature, and the passage of time. pay attention to how the author uses the elements of poetry to develop the theme and mood of the poem.
\ghost house\ by robert frost
1 i dwell in a lonely house i know
that vanished many a summer ago,
and left no trace but the cellar walls,
and a cellar in which the daylight falls,
5 and the purple - stemmed wild raspberries grow.
o’er ruined fences the grape - vines shield
the woods come back to the mowing field;
the orchard tree has grown one copse
of new wood and old where the woodpecker chops;

what does the personification of a \lonely house\ represent in the poem?
○ happiness and prosperity
○ modernization and change
○ strength and resilience
○ abandonment and solitude

Explanation:

The poem "Ghost House" describes a "lonely house" with a cellar that has been left with no trace of its former use, and the surrounding area has overgrown with nature (ruined fences, grape - vines, wild raspberries, the woods coming back). These details suggest the house has been abandoned, and the description of it as "lonely" along with the desolate, overgrown setting conveys a sense of solitude. The other options (Happiness and prosperity, Modernization and change, Strength and resilience) do not match the imagery of an abandoned, lonely place with nature reclaiming it.

Answer:

Abandonment and solitude