Synopsis of For Once, Then, Something By Robert Frost The narrative of a man staring into a well from the wrong side, obstructing his own perspective, in For Once, Then, Something by Robert Frost touches on the elusive nature of truth. The speaker opens the poem by claiming that he is frequently mocked by others for the way he stared into a well. He goes on to say that he does not blame them for mocking him because many people think he is insane for gazing into a well on the wrong side of the house. However, he claims that what they fail to understand is that there is nothing beyond the well. The speaker states that he has looked into the well many times but that it is always empty. Therefore, he concludes that perhaps someday the water will fill the well but that it is unlikely to ever happen. He ends the poem by saying that he would rather stare at the well than at himself looking out at everyone else.