Love and a Question

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"Love and a Question" is a narrative poem by Robert Frost that explores themes of love, duty, and moral conflict when a stranger seeks shelter from a newly married couple.

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instanceOf narrative poem
poem
author Robert Frost NERFINISHED
authorGender male
authorNationality American
centralQuestion whether the groom should prioritize marital love or charitable duty to the stranger
collectionPublicationLanguage English
collectionPublicationPlace London NERFINISHED
conflictType internal conflict
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPublication A Boy’s Will NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1913
form lyric-narrative
genre narrative poetry
includedInCollection A Boy’s Will NERFINISHED
language English
literaryDevice contrast
imagery
symbolism
literaryMovement modernist-era American poetry
mainCharacter a bride
a bridegroom
a stranger
meter primarily iambic
narrativePerspective third-person narration
publisherOfFirstCollection David Nutt NERFINISHED
rhymeScheme irregular
setting a rural house
subjectMatter a newly married couple confronted by a stranger seeking shelter
theme duty
hospitality
love
marriage
moral conflict
sacrifice
stranger
timePeriodDepicted unspecified past
tone meditative
uneasy

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