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Question: Robert Forst Poem Help!?
Can someone read this poem by him called "Out, Out" and tell me what his attitude towards the meaning of life is!? Best answer will get 10 pts!!

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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
This is easily one of Frost's more pessimistic works!. He seems to be saying that we often guard our own lives so much that we selfishly turn away from the suffering!. The title is a reference to Lady Macbeth's command that the evidence of the murder of Macduff's wife and children (the metaphoric blood on her and Macbeth's hands) be erased!.Www@QuestionHome@Com