Acquainted With The Night

I really liked this poem...along with every other Robert Frost poem.  Something in the first four lines caught my attention; although, I may be reading two much into it.  In two seperate lines he wrote, "I have outwalked the furthest city light" and "I have looked down the saddest city lane."  Outwalking the furthest light would be entering a darkness, while the saddest city lane is more despair.  These things were two different things with seperated ideas.  Darkness and sadness were two different things, which I thought was very interseting.  But then again, maybe he was just orlaborating on the darkness.
I also felt some condradictions in this poem.  In line 5 and 6 Frost makes it sound like he is embarrassed or ashamed.  But every other line in the poem is more understanding or just admitting.  But maybe that has something to do with the tone of the poem.  He wants to show he understands the shame built in with going so far into the darkness and seeing ultimate sadness.

The Secret

I thought this poem was incredibly accurate.  Many times when I read of poem I will get odd things out of it that the poet most likely never intended.  But then, just a while later, I will forget all about it.  I try to get something deep out of it, but that just disappears so quickly.  I liked how she introduced the topic as the girls learning "the secret" of life.  It isn't just seeing a small fact, whats learned in the poem is a huge revelation, yet "no doubt by now...they have forgotten the secret."
I thought the last few stanzas were really interesting too.  The poet loves them for finding the secret and for losing it and for finding it again.  She loves them for believing there is a secret.  She loves their hope and maybe naiveness.  But I thought that Levertov is someone who has lost faith.  I feel she doesn't see the importance in her writing or anyone other persons writing.  But it's a type of loss where her wants to see it again.  She admires the two girls for finding a deep, important meaning in life...and she wants that.