Robert Frost was born in San Francisco, but his family moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1884 following his father's death. The move was actually a return, for Frost's ancestors were originally New Englanders, and Frost became famous for his poetry's engagement with New England locales, identities, and themes.
Now, as she waits, she watches as the cloud crosses the moon, casting the farm into a darker night. The choreography of the cloud obscuring the moon symbolizes death, specifically the death of the hired man himself but more broadly the death that awaits each person.
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