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gofish
gofish
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High School - 11th Grade

In the poem "The Silken Tent" what does the woman and the tent represent?

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Posted by gofish on Wednesday September 17, 2008 at 5:28 AM and tagged with robert frost, symbols, tent, woman.

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  1. pmiranda2857
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    High School - 10th Grade

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    This poem is a love poem.  The poet is comparing the tent to the relationship he shares with the woman he loves.  Just as a tent stands tall in a field against the sun, his love is strong and is not simply based on one thing.

    The tent is firmly held in place not by a single cord or string, but by a cedar pole that anchors it in place.  Frost tells his readers that love is a complex relationship based on countless ties that bind people together.

    "Seems to owe naught to any single cord,
    But strictly held by none, is loosely bound
    By countless silken ties of love and thought" (Frost)

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/silken-tent-salem

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    Posted by pmiranda2857 on Wednesday September 17, 2008 at 2:22 PM