Acquainted with the Night

Acquainted with the Night written by Robert Frost starts very intriguingly with the repetition of "I have" to start several lines in a row. This occurrence helps to string the details of a very vague poem together to help create an interesting aura around the speaker. It comes off this way because of how almost embarrassed, shamed that the speaker puts off. He does this through writing, "Dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain,"(6) when describing passing a watchman. This makes it appear as though the speaker has done something that others wouldn't approve of and cause him to walk with the night when others would not understand or see this as acceptable.
Upon first reading this poem, I understood the speaker to be having relationship issues and feel inclined to walk out again and again. This makes the speaker "acquainted" with the night because of the frequent walks. I also though this because of the inclusion of the luminary clock. I thought this to be the moon and had a notion that the moon was keeping track not by moving throughout the night, but by changing day by day. The moon never judged him on being right or wrong for what he had done this time or that because at this point they had become acquaintances.