Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Group

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sammuelx4
sammuelx4
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High School - 12th Grade

In the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost, what is the main summary/subject?

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Posted by sammuelx4 on Saturday March 8, 2008 at 8:55 AM and tagged with poem topic, stopping by woods on a snowy evening, summary.

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  1. linda-allen Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

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    This poem is about taking time to appreciate the beauty and wonder of nature. The speaker is overwhelmed by the sight of the snow on the fields, and he stops to enjoy it. He must move on, however, because he has responsibilities and "miles to go before I sleep."

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    Posted by linda-allen on Saturday March 8, 2008 at 12:35 PM


  2. bmadnick Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

    eNotes Editor

    At the beginning of the poem, the speaker stops in the woods and simply enjoys the scene before him. He's in the country, and it is snowing. The beauty of it overwhelms him, and it's so quiet that the speaker hears nothing but a very gentle wind. He wants to go further into the woods, but if he gets lost, he won't be able to fulfill his obligations that he has in town, and he takes his promises to others very seriously. The speaker contrasts the man-made modern world with the elegant beauty of nature. He's more attracted to the natural world of the falling snow and the quiet, peaceful setting of nature, but he's pulled away from it by his obligations in the modern world.

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    Posted by bmadnick on Saturday March 8, 2008 at 12:45 PM

  3. totsumong
    totsumong Student
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    This poem expresses the beauty of nature during winter season the poet on his journey to certain destination sees a woods filled with snow and he is enjoying the beauty of the woods and the owner whom he knows was not aware that he was appreciating the calmness and the beautiful scene of his woods. His horse must think that its very strange for him to stop by in a forest where there was no farm house and night approaching with freizing wind and chilling cold so his horse gives his harness bell a shake to ask if there was any mistake to stop in a woods near a frozen lake and that too during the darkest evening of the year. The only other sounds are the easy wind and downy flake that the poet was enjoying, he(poet) sees the woods lovely dark and deep and as he appreciate and enjoy the snow filled woods he is reminded of his duties and appointments that he has to keep, which he must finish it before he sleep that is death.

               Its a poem about the gift of nature its beauty and freshness which we must appreciate it but keeping in mind that as a human being we have our own duties to do, a responsibility that comes to us which we must perform it before we die.

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    Posted by totsumong on Friday October 16, 2009 at 12:55 AM