'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'

Paper Summary:

This paper reviews the well known poem by Robert Frost titled 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'. The paper reports that Frost uses a specific situation to make a general comment on the course of life and the obligations faced by the speaker. The paper also discusses the use of iambic tetrameter, creating a lazy feeling that contributes to the idea that the speaker is tired and wants to go to sleep, and it imitates the regularity of the horse's hooves when the carriage is moving.

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"The horse is here treated as another sentient being, while Nature on a quiet evening is snow and woods. The snow creates a white background that the listener can picture and that thus has a purity that is disturbed by those moving through it. This image might also be seen as another representation of life, as a clean slate that the individual makes of what he can."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Frost, Robert. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evenig." In Poetry for Students, Volume 1. Mary K. Ruby (ed.), 272-274. Detroit: Gale, 1997.

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