LitAide

The poem "Meeting at Night" written by Robert Browning is a short poem of twelve lines poem written in the rhyme scheme of abccba deffed.  Stanza 1 In the first stanza, the narrator gives an imagery of the depiction of the sea and the land, how they seem grey and black respectively. The waves and tides ebb in a circular formation. He can see the yellow half-moon above him laying low. Through these initial lines, we come to know that he is somewhere near the sea and is approaching the land through a ship. As the ship reaches the sandy shore, its speed dwindles. Through the title of the poem, we can reckon that the narrator is meeting someone at night. Another question can be raised about why he is meeting in dark. Who is he meeting? This suspense will be cleared at the end of the poem.  Stanza 2 After reaching the land, he walks a mile on the beach and across three fields and then, at last, he reaches his destination, a farmhouse. He taps on the window pan