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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
In "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," the man and his horse seem to have an understanding that they will perform their duties with no lollygagging. Thus when the man stops to watch the woods...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
It seems like the speaker might be just a little lonely based on the way he talks about his horse. He attributes a great deal of understanding to the horse, assuming that the horse is thinking that...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
In Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” the horse reacts to the driver’s pause in two places: My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Throughout the poem, the speaker stops with his horse to view the snowy forest on the darkest evening of the year. The speaker and his horse are completely alone to witness the tranquil landscape,...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
In Robert Frost’s poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” the wagon or carriage driver is in the midst of conducting some business, or of running an important errand. But he stops the...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
The speaker is deep into the woods when he speaks these lines. He says that he knows the person to whom this land and trees belong, but that person's home is far away, in "the village."...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Before answering this question, it helps to check out the final stanza in Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening": The woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
In “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” the wagon or carriage driver is only pausing for a few minutes to appreciate the beauty of the falling snow. He is also taking a bit of this peaceful...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
One theme is the theme of isolation. This is probably my personal favorite theme of the poem. It's a lonely poem. The speaker is a man who has stopped with his horse beside a lonely wood. He...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
When the narrator of "Stopping by Wood on a Snowy Evening" pauses on a dark, snowy night to watch the snow fall in the woods, his horse, accustomed to stopping in the town, is confused. "He gives...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost was a great admirer of Henry David Thoreau, author of the classic Walden. Frost evidently made an early decision to lead a life of rustic simplicity so that he could devote all his...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Probably Robert Frost's most famous poem, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is famously ambiguous and hard to interpret. Though it's tough to discern whether or not the narrator has a...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
This poem uses imagery, language that conveys sensory information, in order to help us understand how solitary the speaker is, and how dark and beautiful the woods are. The second stanza is most...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
There are two reasons mentioned in the poem why the speaker should not be stopping. First of all, there is no farmhouse nearby. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
It is the beauty of the pristine snow that blankets the field near a dusted woods and frozen lake that distracts the speaker of Frost's poem from his obligations. Certainly, the speaker of...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
In a sense, yes. The poem appears to be so simple, and yet it seems possible to come up with a figurative interpretation because of the final two lines: "And miles to go before I sleep, / And...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
In Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," the narrator finds himself deep in nature, where the woods "fill up with snow" (line 4). However, the man who owns the woods lives in the village,...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
The narrator gives us very little information about the owner of the woods in the poem, as the main subject is the narrator's own experience of the snow and isolation of the area. The narrator of...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
In the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," the speaker shares a precious moment with us. On the way to keep some promises, he stops his ride briefly to take in the beauty of the frozen...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
In this poem, a narrator on horseback stops to marvel at the beauty and stillness of the falling snow in the darkness of a winter evening. He notes his horse must think it "queer" that he halts...
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Literature
When snow falls on the landscape, it softens sharp edges and hides some things from view. It can add beauty to something usually seen as ugly, like a junkyard or an abandoned and ramshackle...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
The usual routine of the speaker and his horse is to hurry from one spot to another without stopping to watch the snowfall. We know this for several reasons. First is the behavior of the horse. Not...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost did not write a poem called "Snowflake." Since you are posting the question under "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," you evidently meant this poem, which does speak about...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
In the first stanza, the speaker says, "Whose woods these are I think I know. / His house is in the village though; / He will not see me stopping here / To watch his woods fill up with snow" (lines...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
The primary and most evident conflict for the narrator (or overall "man" as indicated in the question) is between his responsibilities and desires. That is, the narrator (and his horse) have...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
What seems to arrest the narrator as he travels through this forest is the incredible beauty of the scene around him. The beauty of the scene is enhanced by the stillness he feels, and this...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
The entire first stanza of “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” refers to the owner of the woods where the narrator has stopped to watch the falling snow. “Whose woods these are I think I...
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The Road Not Taken
One main similarity is that in each of these poems we see introspection on the part of the narrator. In "The Road Not Taken," the narrator carefully considers each path. His consideration of each...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
One way to look at this poem is through the theme of the contemplation of life. In the poem, the speaker has paused in the middle of the woods to look at the landscape and admire its beauty. Note...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
The speaker of the poem is someone who is driving a horse and wagon along a snowy country road. We get the impression that he may be an older man. He stops the horse merely to watch how beautifully...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
In his poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," Frost conveys a sense of isolation and silence with the imagery of the snowy setting in a country field, the softness of the word sounds, and a...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
In the line, “My little horse must think it queer,” the speaker in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” seems to be trying to put himself into his little horse’s position. From what the...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
The first stanza of the poem conveys the solitude of the speaker in these woods as well as the tranquil scene that has caused him to pause and enjoy. He says, Whose woods these are I think I...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
I can see why someone would characterize this poem's tone as serious although "contemplative" might be the word I would choose. The narrator, whom I have always assumed was a man, has paused for a...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
At first glance, Frost’s poem is simple. It’s about a man going through the snowy woods and taking a moment to pause and look around. When his horse jingles his little bells, the speaker...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
The main role of the horse in the narrative of the poem is to emphasize, first, how unusual it is for the narrator to stop and watch a snowfall, second, to emphasize how long the narrator stays...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
The opening lines of this poem have the narrative character speculating on who owns the woods. The main point of this speculation is to inform the reader that the woods are not the narrator’s,...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
The first image Frost constructs is visual (sight): the speaker stops "To watch [the owner's] woods fill up with snow" (line 4). We can imagine, based on this sensory description, what the scene...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
The shaking of the harness bells is an example of auditory imagery. Along with the sweeping sound of “easy wind and downy flake,” the tinkle of the bells was the only sound that could be heard...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
One of the central themes of this poem is that every person is, at some point, torn between what they want and what others expect from them. The speaker of the poem is clearly someone with...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
"Previous obligations" can be described as responsibilities that a person has prior to something else coming up. Most people read the line, "But I have promises to keep," as the speaker's...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost wrote poems over a period spanning nearly half a century, from 1914 to his death in 1989. The world saw tremendous changes during that time, going through two world wars and a cold...
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Literature
Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is an example of dramatic monologue. When a poem is written in this manner is also called a persona poem. Robert Frost does not...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
The first question to ask is: “Is the poet the narrator in the first person”? This is a legitimate question because, according to Aristotle, a poem only has one narrator, and our assumption is...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
In Robert Frost's beloved poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," the speaker (let's assume he's a man) stops while riding on horseback to look at the snow falling in the woods. He does not...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
The speaker of the poem, who is presumably Robert Frost himself, thinks he knows who owns the woods he has stopped to look at. The first stanza reads: Whose woods these are I think I know. His...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is a poem by Robert Frost consisting of four quatrains. It is told from the point of view of a nameless first-person narrator who is riding his horse along a...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
The consonant sound of the letter "s" is in every line. This is often called sibilance. In this poem, the sibilance creates a swooshing sound similar to a sleigh, or wind in the trees—think of...
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Reference
On the surface, the setting of Robert Frost’s poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” seems simple enough, but the setting of a poem is often indicative of its theme. Some find the theme...
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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
The narrator of the poem has stopped in the woods to watch them "fill up with snow" (line 4), the woods of someone who lives the village, a moment of quiet contemplation and beauty, I would say....
