What does the poem “The Pasture” by robert frost mean?
The purpose of Robert Frost’s “The Pasture” is to comfort a child. Its purpose is to let the child know that bad times will pass and that there will be a chance for renewal; “I’m going out to clean the pasture spring;/I’ll only stop to rake the leaves away/(And wait to watch the water clear, I may)/I sha’n’t be gone too long.-You come too.” Here, we see an adult who is clearing a path for a younger person and watching the water turn clean. It is evident that the child figure is frightened to be left by the adult. To this the adult assuages the child’s fears by saying “You come too.” The speaker of the poem is a mother or parental figure. The speaker’s purpose is to show the child that there is nothing to fear and that if you are afraid, the fear will not last forever; “I’m going out to fetch the little calf/That’s standing by the mother/It’s so young,/It totters when she licks it with her tongue./I sha’n’t be gone too long.-You come too.” These lines confirm the idea that the speaker o
