Acquainted with the Night -- Poetry Response #10

I loved "Acquainted with the Night" by Robert Frost. It is dark and gloomy. When I picture this poem, I see is as a impressionistic painting of a person with his hands in his pockets and his head bowed, dragging his feet along a barely lit street. I think Frost was describing isolation. I know that when I feel alone, I feel as if  I could leave and no one would even notice my absence. Frost uses the background of London because London can be perceived as a dark and dangerous place. We know that Frost is talking about London because he refers to the "luminary clock" which is Big Ben. London can also be seen as full of life. When I think about London, I usually think about busy streets and crowds in the day time. I think that Frost, by emphasizing the night, is talking about what's under the surface, emotionally. I think the fact that Frost is talking about isolation in London shows that he can be surrounded by people, but underneath it all, he still feels like it's fake, like he's isolated.