

This was no playhouse but a house in earnest.Ĭold as a spring as yet so near its source, Then for the house that is no more a house, Weep for what little things could make them glad. The playthings in the playhouse of the children.

"First there's the children's house of make-believe, This symbolizes his rejection of faith, which is rather apparent by his scorching comparisons to a house of make-believe. Later in the poem, the narrator tells us he stole the goblet from the children's house. It's a rather harsh symbol, too, when you consider he's comparing believers to children in a house of make-believe. The house of make-believe is a symbol of religion. In this poem, Robert Frost is discussing Christianity.
