In "The Silken Tent," Frost uses an extended metaphor to illustrate the theme of the multifaceted nature of womanhood. In the metaphor in question, the speaker likens his lover to a tent, with all its paradoxical qualities. Though soft and gentle, the lover, like the tent, also forms a strong, protective barrier against the harshness of nature. And just as the ropes of the tent—loosened by the breeze—sway gently and easily, so too does the woman go freely wherever she likes, freed from her domestic duties.
The woman's strength—and indeed the strength of women in general—is reinforced by the imagery of the supporting tent-pole, which is strong and reliable, just like a woman's soul. Free-spirited though she undoubtedly is, the speaker's lover is still bound by ties of love, however loose those ties may be. In the extended metaphor of the tent, Frost tries to capture the nature of women in all its many facets, in all its richness and complexity.
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