Robert Frost seems to be a popular choice for this Masterpiece Remastered contest. I have chosen his famous poem in Terza Rima form, 'Acquainted With the Night.' The contest requires a poem in a similar style that uses the exact same end words of each line.

The text of the poem is below. One interpretation is that Frost is describing the effects of depression.

Terza rima ("third rhyme") was invented by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri for his epic poem The Divine Comedy. The poem is written in iambic pentameter and 14 lines with a rhyme scheme of aba bcb cdc dad aa

Acquainted With the Night by Robert Frost

I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain - and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.

I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,

But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
One luminary clock against the sky

Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.

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