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Stopping by woods on a snowy evening by Robert Frost

“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost

“Stopping by woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost is one of

the many deeply symbolic poems that he has written. Frost was a poet who

sought to master his art. His poems he wrote were deceptively simple in

appearance but saturated with meaning. In this particular poem Frost paints

a simple picture that appears to be quite lucid, until one takes a closer look to

reveal what is hidden within the words.

As the poem begins, there is a man driving by a dark wooded area.

He stops and admires the scereness of the snow falling in the woods. He

recalls the the man who owns the land and knows of his house in the village.

The land owner asleep in his bed can not see him stop by his land and the

man reasons that he will not mind as he gazed at his woods. The mans horse

is confused why they have stoped and shakes his bells. Th

. . .

Frost intended for us

to come up with our own interpretation of his work. Only through searching our own soul can

we begin to see his work on the same level as he did. This signifies

the difference between man and beast, which is the ability to see the beauty

in some ordinary thing. It is almost as if he is looking into

the woods and does not want to leave. The man stops to appreciate the peaceful scene of

snow falling to the forest floor, but is reminded of his own obligations by the

fact that he knows of the man who owns the land. This somewhat typical of

Frost’s style.

As the poem ends he refers to the woods as being lovely, dark and

deep.

There is the first conflict of the poem between nature (the woods) and

civilization (the village).

To the man it is a surreal environment or escape, and he sees the beauty of

the snow descending down into the darkness (Warren 115). And in the very next line he recalls his promises and emphasises the

miles he must travel before he can sleep. They do however, belong to him by means of personal

significance.

The next conflict occurs when the horse seems to ask if there is some

mistake for their stopping, by shaking his bells. The horse does not see the view as the man sees it. The last two lines which are repeated appear to stress

even more thoroughly that he does not want to part with this peaceful setting

he has found (Warren 115).

Approximate Word count = 609
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

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