The Silken TentThe silken tent by Robert Frost is a poem that expresses the characteristics of women by describing a silken tent. In this poem, the poet is comparing tent with the women. Woman is personified as “Silken tent” in the middle of a field.

The enjambed lines “The silken tent “helps to emphasize the importance of women. When the dew has dried, the tent becomes tight. And all its ropes also became loose and moves gently. When the woman is free from her domestic duties, she freely goes here and there.

Like supporting pole of tent, her soul is reliable. As the tent is tied with many ropes, she is also bound with ties of thoughts. Bondage refers to her marriage vows and her husband both of them are bound by religious, social and legal obligation.

The physical qualities of softness and lustrous in women have been strived for all kinds of women. She is capricious like the summer air. Her love for others and her own happiness shines clearly.Women as a whole are always changing, but the idea of beauty still remains the constant theme among them all which is why it is an emphasized point in The Silken Tent.