What was the inspiration for "The Silken Tent"?

I am not aware that we know who in particular is the subject of
this excellent and famous poem by Robert Frost. However, I think that if we look at it we can
find lots of links between it and the general characeristics of Frost's work that will help us to
understand it.

It is obvious that this is a love poem.
Interestingly, Frost at first gave it the title "In Praise of Your Poise," and it was featured in
his collection of poems A Witness Tree. Frost received a Pulitzer Prize for
this work in 1943. Although it is obviously a poem of love written in the sonnet form, after the
style of Shakespeare, yet it is clearly a lot more than this.

We can
see this poem as being a metaphor concerning not only love, but also poetry and life. Note the
way in which the tent stands alone in nature, pointing bravely towards the sun during the middle
of the day. In the same way, we can argue that the poet faces the challenge of trying to stand
firm in the metaphorical field of his art, whilst being pulled in various directions by the many
different commitments and distractions that life brings. Some of these distract the poet, making
him unbalanced, yet others help him to achieve balance. The poem thus can be said to explore the
different conflicts that poets--and all of us--face in life.