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“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
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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).
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