美國人物志:羅伯特·弗羅斯特 （二）（2/9)

The common speech Frost used had the words and way of speaking that could be easily seen as American. For example, a poem called "The Death of the Hired Man" begins: Mary sat musing on the lamp-flame at the table Waiting for Warren. When she heard his step, She ran on tip-toe down the darkened passage To meet him in the doorway with the news And put him on his guard. 'Silas is back.' Frost is telling a story about an old farm worker named Silas. The discussion between Warren and Mary continues: She pushed him outward with her through the door And shut it after her. 'Be kind,' she said. She took the market things from Warren's arms And set them on the porch, then drew him down To sit beside her on the wooden steps. Warren says: 'When was I ever anything but kind to him. But I'll not have the fellow back,' he said. 'I told him so last haying, didn't I? If he left then, I said, that ended it. '