Frost's well-known poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" brings his love for nature and his home, and his belief of individuality together. His poem takes place in the middle of the woods somewhere. The setting is dark and cold, yet still beautiful. Frost is bringing in the landscape of his home into his poem. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" beautifully brings together the struggle of being an individual or following the crowd. The driver, even though he/she is heading to somewhere very important, takes time to gaze at the beauty of the woods during the winter. Frost makes it known that the driver is heading to a place of importance by repeating the last line of the poem, "The woods are lovely, dark, and deep; But I have promises to keep; And Miles to go before I sleep; And miles to go before I sleep." Even though it is very late in the night, the driver needs to arrive at his/her destination before he/she is able to sleep.
             Frost also makes it evident that it isn't normal for the driver to stop and just look around. Usually, this driver would continue moving on, just like any person would, but this time is different. Whenever the driver stops, the horse shakes his bells to see if the driver has mistaken, "My little horse must think it queer; To stop without a farmhouse near . . . He gives his harness bells a shake; To ask if there is some mistake." The horse thinks it is unusual to stop in the middle of the woods without a single sign of a town anywhere. Frost also gives another clue that it is unusual for the driver to stop. In all the stanzas, except for the second one, which is about the horse, Frost has added alliteration, "Whose woods these are I think I know . . . He gives his harness bells a shake. . . The only other sounds the sweep . . . The woods are lovely, dark, and deep." When the horse thinks it is strange to stop walki
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