Robert Frost takes our imaginations to a journey through wintertime with his two poems "Desert Places" and "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". Frost comes from a New England background and these two poems reflect the beautiful scenery that is present in that part of the country. Even though these poems both have winter settings they contain very different tones. One has a feeling of depressing loneliness and the other a feeling of welcome solitude. They show how the same setting can have totally different impacts on a person depending on their mindset at the time. These poems are both made up of simple stanzas and diction but they are not simple poems. In the poem "Desert Places" the speaker is a man who is traveling through the countryside on a beautiful winter evening. He is completely surrounded with feelings of loneliness. The speaker views a snow covered field as a deserted place. "A blanker whiteness of benighted snow/ With no expression, nothing to express". Whiteness and blankness are two key ideas in this poem. The white symbolizes open and empty spaces. The snow is a white blanket that covers up everything living. The blankness symbolizes the emptiness that the speaker feels. To him there is nothing else around exc
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The speaker was starting to realize that he had shut himself off to the world. He is also somewhat concerned about the man who owns the woods. Winter is the perfect season to reflect upon when expressing solitude. The speaker is so alone inside that he feels that he is not a part of anything. Being alone can be positive or negative it just depends on the state of the mind. The woods has its place in nature and it is also a part of a bigger picture. The snow throws its blanket of whiteness over everything and to him it is a feeling of numbness. "All animals are smothered in their lairs,/ I am too absent-spirited to count".
"Stopping by Woods an a Snowy Evening" is the opposite of "Desert Places". Snow's whiteness can, in a way, blind you with its beauty and make you forget about your troubles. Even the animals are a part of this wintery scene. " The woods symbolizes people and society. Frost seems to draw upon his experiences from living in rural New England and converts those experiences into beautiful poetry. The first, "Desert Places" is a sad poem about loneliness and lost enthusiasm.
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