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STOPPING BY WOODS
ON A SNOWY EVENING

A GUIDEBOOK

ROBERT FROST

INTRODUCTION




POEM THAT WE’VE CHOOSE IS STOPPING BY
WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING BY ROBERT
FROST. "STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY
EVENING" IS A POEM BY ROBERT FROST,
WRITTEN IN 1922, AND PUBLISHED IN 1923 IN HIS
NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUME. WILLIAM PRESCOTT
FROST, JR., FROST'S FATHER, WAS A
JOURNALIST WHO WANTED TO START A CAREER
IN CALIFORNIA. HE AND HIS WIFE CAME TO SAN
FRANCISCO IN 1873. IN 1892, ROBERT
GRADUATED HIS HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS THE
BEST STUDENT IN HIS CLASS, AND HE AND
ELINOR WHITE, WITH WHOM HE HAD ALREADY
FALLEN IN LOVE, SHARED THE VALEDICTORIAN
AWARD. ROBERT AND ELINOR SHARED A DEEP
INTEREST IN POETRY, BUT THEIR CONTINUED
EDUCATION SENT ROBERT TO DARTMOUTH
COLLEGE AND ELINOR TO ST. LAWRENCE
UNIVERSITY. THE INDEPENDENT, A WEEKLY
LITERARY JOURNAL, PUBLISHED ROBERT'S POEM
"MY BUTTERFLY: AN ELEGY" IN 1894, MARKING
HIS FIRST PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATION. ROBERT
CONTINUED TO WORK ON HIS POETIC CAREER IN
THE MEANTIME. FROST WAS BATTLING DESPAIR
BY 1911. FROST, WHO WAS ALMOST 40 YEARS
OLD, HAD NEVER PUBLISHED A BOOK OF POETRY
AND HAD ONLY SEEN A FEW OF THEM APPEAR IN
PERIODICALS. POETRY HAD ALWAYS BEEN
PERCEIVED AS A YOUNG PERSON'S PASTIME.
FROST ACQUIRED CONTROL OF THE DERRY
PROPERTY IN 1911. THE SIGNIFICANT CHOICE
WAS MADE TO SELL THE FARM AND USE THE
CASH TO START OVER COMPLETELY IN LONDON,
WHERE IT WAS THOUGHT THAT PUBLISHERS
WOULD BE MORE OPEN TO YOUNG TALENT.

ABOUT GUIDE BOOK




THIS GUIDE BOOK IS EXTRAORDINARILY

PLANNED WITH AN INTENSION OF HELPING

STUDENTS IN MALAYSIAN SCHOOLS WHERE

ENGLISH IS EDUCATED AS A SUBSEQUENT

LANGUAGE. IT BASICALLY GIVES EXTRA DRILL

MATERIALS ON SIGNIFICANT MARKS OF A

CHOSE SONNET OF SECONDARY STUDENTS.

ALL THE STANZA OF THE POEM ARE

DECIPHERED WELL AND THE CONVERSATION ON

THE SONNET THAT UNDERSTUDIES NEED TO

COMPREHEND RE GAVE IN STRAIGHTFORWARD

LANGUAGE CLEAR EXPLANATION AND MODEL.

THIS BOOK ADDITIONALLY UNDERSCORE ON

LEARNING THROUGH STEADY PRACTICE.

NUMEROUS EXERCISES HAVE BEEN CREATED

ESPECIALLY TO HELP CONSOLIDATE THE

CONCEPTS. THE STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO

DEVELOP SOME LEVEL OF EXPERTISE IN

ENGLISH LITERATURE BY WORKING THROUGH

THE VARIED EXERCISES. SO, THIS BOOK IS

ESSENTIAL FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO

GRASP LITERATURE BETTER.

GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE POEM

THIS ARTICLE FOCUSES ON STOPPING BY WOODS ON A
SNOWY EVENING POEM ANALYSIS. IT EXPLAINS THE
STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING SUMMARY
IN SHORT. THE ARTICLE AIMS TO EXPLAIN STOPPING
BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING SUMMARY IN AN
EASY AND SYSTEMATIC WAY. THE POET OF STOPPING
BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING POEM STOPS BY
SOME WOODS ON HIS WAY ONE EVENING. THE POET IS
AWARE OF BOTH THE LOCATION AND THE OWNER OF
THE WOODS. THE OWNER WILL NOT NOTICE HIM
STOPPING HERE BECAUSE HE LIVES IN A VILLAGE, THE
MAN IS ASSURED. SO HE CAN APPRECIATE THE
NATURAL BEAUTY OF HIS FORESTS THAT ARE COVERED
WITH SNOW.
THE POET CONTINUES BY SAYING THAT HE FREQUENTLY
RESTS CLOSE TO THE FARMHOUSE. HIS BELOVED
HORSE STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WILL
BE A LITTLE UNUSUAL. BETWEEN THE FORESTS AND THE
FROZEN LAKE, THEY HAD COME TO A STOP. BECAUSE
HE VALUES IT GREATLY, THE POET REFERS TO HIS
HORSE AS "MY TINY HORSE" OR, MORE LIKELY, "BABY
HORSE," OR PONY. THIS IMPLIES THAT THE SPEAKER
CAN BE A LOWLY COMMONER WITHOUT THE FINANCIAL
MEANS TO PURCHASE AN EXPENSIVE. THE AUTHOR
CLAIMS THAT WE HAVE A TON OF GOALS FOR OUR
LIVES. SAVOR MANY MOMENTS, BUT WE MUST GO ON
BECAUSE OF OUR OBLIGATIONS. WE ALL HAVE MANY
DESIRES, BUT THEY CANNOT ALL BE FULFILLED IN A
SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. THE COURSE OF LIFE IS
PREDETERMINED.
AGAIN, DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS.
SOME CRITICS INTERPRET THE WORDS OF THE POEM IN
A DIFFERENT WAYHERE, THE "WOODS" MIGHT ALSO
REPRESENT TEMPTATIONS AND DIVERSION ON OUR
LIFE'S ROAD. SOME INDIVIDUALS THINK THE POET IS
TRYING TO CONVEY THAT WE SHOULD CONCENTRATE
ON OUR LIFE GOALS. WE MUST FINISH OUR WORK
BEFORE WE PASS AWAY. THEREFORE, WE SHOULDN'T
WASTE OUR PRECIOUS TIME ON LIFE'S DISTRACTIONS.
TE REASON WHY WE CHOOSE THIS POEM IS IT CAN BE
EASILY UNDERSTAND BY STUDENTS AND EACH STANZA
STATEMENT WRITTEN DIRECTLY TO UNDERSTAND.

Title and themes of Stopping by
Woods On a Snowy Evening


The title

The overall poem that the poetry written
mentioned about the conflict between
me and nature, it also specifically
highlights the difference between
wishes and the obligations that we face
in our daily life. The title of this poem
'Stopping by woods' by Robert frost tells
us about the experience of the
character who stopped on his way to
enjoy the beauty of nature which is the
snowy filled woods one evening in
stanza 1 line 2.

THE THEME

THE FIRST THEME THAT CAN BE FOUND IS
THE HUMAN VERSUS NATURE, THE HUMAN
DESIRES VERSUS THE OBSTACLES THEY
FACE AND THE CHOICES THEY MAKE IN
THEIR LIFE. THE SNOW FILL WHILE RIDING THE
HORSE THROUGH THE WOODS AT THE
NIGHT, THE SPEAKER REFLECTS THAT THE
NATURAL WORLD AND THE IMPLICIT WHICH IS
CONTRAST WITH THE SOCIETY CLEARLY. THE
POEM MENTIONED THE NATURAL WORLD AS
IT SEPARATES FROM HUMAN AND THE
SOCIETY BY BEGINNING WITH THE SPEAKER
THINKING WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY WHILE
HE WAS PASSING THROUGH IN THE VILLAGE.
IN THE FIRST STANZA LINE 1 MENTIONED
“WHOSE WOODS THESE ARE I THINK I KNOW”
THAT CLEARLY STATES NO ONE STOPS THE
SPEAKER FROM ENTERING THE OWNER’S
HOUSE IN THE VILLAGE WHICH INDICATES
THE OWNER OF THE SPEAKER WILL NOT SEE
THE SPEAKER. THIS SHOWS THE LACK OF
CIVILIZATION WHICH EMPHASIZES THE
DISTANCE OF SOCIAL AND NATURE.

THE SECOND THEME THAT CAN BE FOUND IS THE
HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY AND OBSTACLE THEY
FACE. IN THIS POEM THE SPEAKER MENTIONED
AND REFLECTING A BROADER CONFLICT OF THE
HUMAN AND THE OBSTACLES THEY FACE IN FULL
FILING THE RESPONSIBILITY GIVEN TO THEM. IN
THE FINAL STANZA THE TENSION HAPPENS
BETWEEN RESPONSIBILITY AND OBSTACLES
FACED BY THE SPEAKER CLEARLY MENTIONED IN
STANZA 4 LINE 13 AND 14 THE SPEAKER WANTS
TO STAY MORE LONGER LIKE MENTIONED "DARK
AND SLEEP" BUT THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT HE
DOESN'T WANT TO WASTE TIME AND CONTINUE
THE JOURNEY AND THE RESPONSIBILITY GIVEN IN
STANZA 4 LINE 14 TO 16 "BUT I HAVE PROMISE TO
KEEP", "AND MILES TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP"
SHOWS THAT PRIORITIES RESPONSIBILITY IN LINE
14 STANZA 4 "BUT I HAVE PROMISE TO KEEP"
WHICH IS THE OBSTACLES REALITY THAT KEEPS
HIM FROM DOING HE ACTUALLY WANTS TO DO.
THE "LOVELY, DARK AND DEEP" IMPLIES THAT THE
SPEAKER WAS NOT READY TO LEAVE BUT HIS
WISH CANNOT BE FULFILLED BECAUSE OF THE
OBSTACLES "MILES TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP" AS A
DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY.

IN THIS POEM THE THIRD THEME THAT CAN BE
FOUND IS THE CHOICE THAT HUMAN MAKE IN
THEIR LIFE WHICH THEY STUCK BETWEEN HUMAN
NATURE AND THE SOCIETY. WHICH HE WAS NOT
ABLE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEM. IN THIS
POEM THE SPEAKER STARTED AND ENDED THE
POEM IN A STATE OF HESITATION IN THEIR
THOUGHTS AND DECISION MAKING. THIS CAN
BE SEEN IN STANZA 1 LINE 1 "WHOSE WOODS
THESE ARE I THINK I KNOW", IS A STATEMENT
THAT COMES WITH SURE CONFIRMATION AND
AT THE SAME TIME A STATEMENT OF DOUBT
COMES TOGETHER. THIS SHOWS THAT THE
SPEAKER IS UNSURE ABOUT IT WHICH CAN BE
SEEN IN STANZA 4 LINE 14 TO 16 IT SHOWS
UNCLEAR CHOICE OF THE SPEAKER TO FULFILL
THE "PROMISE" TO CONTINUE AND ACCEPTS
THAT THERE WILL NOT BE CHOICE. THIS SHOWS
IT DOES NOT SEE A STRAIGHTFORWARD
DECISIONS, THE FINAL STANZA DEMONSTRATE
THAT THE SPEAKER HAS NOT LEFT THE WOODS
YET HE HAS RESPONSIBILITY "AND MILES TO GO
BEFORE I SLEEP" WHICH EFFECTIVELY REFUSING
TO MAKE A CHOICE TO STAY.

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.

THE FIRST STANZA, POET MENTIONED HE

IS GOING SOMEWHERE AND HE SAW

SOME PLACE AND HE SAYS HE KNOWS

WHOSE WOOD ARE THOSE. THE SECOND

AND THIRD LINE MEANT BY THE POET IS,

THE POET SAYS LIKE HE CAN STAY HERE

BECAUSE THE OWNER IS STAYING IN THE

VILLAGE WON'T RECOGNIZE HIM

STAYING HERE. ITS WAS CHRISTMAS

TIME AND HE WANTED TO WATCH THE

PLACE FILL UP WITH THE SNOW. IT

MEAN THE POET IS TRESPASSING

SOMEONE’S HOUSE TO WATCH THE

HOUSE FILL UP WITH THE SNOW.

MY LITTLE HORSE MUST THINK IT QUEER
TO STOP WITHOUT A FARMHOUSE NEAR
BETWEEN THE WOODS AND FROZEN LAKE

THE DARKEST EVENING OF THE YEAR.

THE POET’S HORSE FELT STRANGE BECAUSE
NORMALLY THE POET WILL STOP AT THE
FARMHOUSE WHEREBY THE PLACE WILL BE
SURROUNDED BY MANY PEOPLE BUT THIS
TIME THE POET STOPPED AT A DESOLATE
PLACE, THE PLACE IS TOO DARK AND NO ONE
IN THIS PLACE. THE PLACE WAS SO COLD
AND THE LAKE GOT FROZEN AND THE POET
STOPPED NEAR BETWEEN THE LONELY PLACE
AND THE FROZEN LAKE. THE HORSE FELT
DIFFERENT AND IT WAS THE DARKEST
EVENING OF THE YEAR, MAYBE IT MEANS THE
POET IS GOING THROUGH SOME HARDSHIP IN
HIS JOURNEY OR IT CAN BE DURING END OF
THE YEAR AND CHRISTMAS DAYS IT WILL BE
DARK IN THE EVENING.

HE GIVES HIS HARNESS BELLS A

SHAKE

TO ASK IF THERE IS SOME MISTAKE.

THE ONLY OTHER SOUND’S THE SWEEP

OF EASY WIND AND DOWNY FLAKE

IN STANZA THREE, THE POET MENTIONED
THAT THE READER OF THE POEM MUST
HAVE THE SAME FEELING. SECONDLY, THE
POET DESCRIBE THE THOUGHTS THEY HAVE
IS WHAT THE HORSE THINKING AND AS
THE HORSE WAS SLOWLY MOVES UP TO
THE ROAD WHILE SHAKING IT'S BELLS. THE
HORSE WAS HAPPY AND THE BELLS TINKLE
PLAYFULLY MEANING THAT THE HORSE
WANTS TO ESCAPE FROM THE WOODS FOR
ITS OWN SAFETY, WHICH FEELS SAD AND
LONELY AND BECAUSE THE HORSE CAN'T
SPEAK ITS MIND, THE POET CHOOSE TO
EXPRESS THEM. THE PLACE WAS TOO
QUIET TILL WE CAN HEAR THE SOUND OF
THE WIND SWEEP THE ICE FLAKES ON THE
FLOOR.

THE WOODS ARE LOVELY, DARK AND DEEP,

BUT I HAVE PROMISES TO KEEP,

AND MILES TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP,

AND MILES TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP.




IN THE LAST STANZA, POET SHOWS THAT THE
PLACE IS ATTRACTIVE BUT EVENTUALLY IT
DOESN’T LAST FOREVER THERE WILL BE THE
DARKNESS AND LONELINESS WHEN THE TIME
CHANGES TO EVENING. WHATEVER HAPPENS LIFE
HAS TO GO ON. IT CAN’T BE PEACEFUL ALL THE
TIME. THE POET EMPHASIZE THE LAST TWO LINES
TO SHOW IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. IT MEANS THERE
IS MORE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FACE IN LIFE
BEFORE OUR LIFE ENDS. THIS INDICATES THAT HE
IS ENJOYING THE SCENE AND WANTS TO DO SO
FOR LONG. BUT HE HAS OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
IN LIFE. HE HAS TO MOVE ON AND THE IMPORTANT
THING HERE IS THAT THE POET REPEATS THE LAST
LINE TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF THE
READERS. IN THIS VERY LAST LINE LIES WE, IN
OUR REAL LIFE, HAVE MANY THINGS TO LOOK AT
WITH AWE, MANY THINGS TO ENJOY, BUT IN MOST
CASES WE CANNOT SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAVE
OTHER THINGS TO DO IN OUR SHORT LIFESPAN, SO
WE HAVE TO MOVE ON.

THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS AND

SOUNDS



STANZA - A STANZA IS A POETRY FORM
THAT CONSISTS OF A CERTAIN NUMBER
OF LINES. THREE OR FOUR LINES IS
POSSIBLE. A STANZA IN THIS POEM
HAS FOUR LINES EQUALLY IN ALL THE
STANZAS.

ASSONANCE AND CONSONANCE - THE
AABA RHYME SYSTEM IS USED
THROUGHOUT THE POEM. ROBERT
FROST HAS UTILIZED END RHYME IN
THE POEM'S FIRST, SECOND, AND
FOURTH LINES. EACH VERSE'S THIRD
LINE RHYMES WITH THE NEXT STANZA.
IN THE FIRST STANZA, FOR EXAMPLE,
"KNOW," "THOUGH," AND "SNOW"
RHYME, AND "HERE" RHYMES WITH
"NEAR" IN THE SECOND STANZA.

REPETITION - THERE IS A REPEATED
LINE IN STANZA FOUR WHICH IS “AND
MILES TO GO BEFORE I SLEEP” WHICH
MAKES THE POEM HAS A MELODIC
ASPECT.

REFRAIN - THE LINES OF THE STANZA
THAT ARE REPEATED AT SOME
DISTANCE ARE REFERRED TO AS
REFRAIN. THUS, THE REPETITION OF
THE LAST TWO LINES OF THE VERSE
WITH THE IDENTICAL WORDS IS ALSO
AN INDICATION OF THE REFRAIN.

Rhyme scheme - The rhyming system is as follows:
A/A/B/A B/B/C/B C/C/D/C D/D/D/D. All of the rhymes in
the poem are complete, which means that the
emphasized vowel and all of the sounds that follow it are
similar to those of the rhymed word. For example, the
poem is written in the A/A/B/A form, with the first line of
each stanza rhymes with the third line of the preceding
one, in this example, "here" and "queer." This is a basic
structure that flows quite beautifully and makes the read
simpler and more pleasurable.

Alliteration - The use of two or more words that begin with
the same sound in immediate contact to one another is
referred to as alliteration. There are several instances by
using alliteration in “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy
Evening” (Whose woods/His house/ watch his woods fill
up with/ he gives his harness/ sound’s the sweep/ dark
and deep).

Quatrain - A quatrain is a four-line Persian poetry verse.
Each stanza in this poem is similarly a quatrain, although
the rhyme pattern is different

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE : THE
MEANING & IMAGES OF WORDS

HYPERBOLE - EXAGGERATION TO
ACCENTUATE A POINT IS KNOWN AS
HYPERBOLE. FROST'S POEM IS A
GOOD ILLUSTRATION OF THIS.
WHEN THE POET SAYS THAT THE
'WOODS FILL UP WITH SNOW,' WE
KNOW THAT THE SNOW ISN'T
LITERALLY REACHING THE TOPS OF
THE TREES. THIS EXAGGERATION
EMPHASIZES HOW THOROUGHLY
THE COUNTRYSIDE IS COVERED IN
SNOW. THE READER GETS A FEELING
OF WHERE THE POET IS AND WHAT
HE SEES AROUND HIM.

METAPHOR - THE COMPARISONS IN THIS POEM
ARE SUBTLE, YET THEY ARE THERE AND
POWERFUL. THE LAST PHRASE OF THE THIRD
STANZA, "SWEEP OF SOFT BREEZE AND DOWNY
FLAKE," AND THE SECOND METAPHOR, "AND MILES
TO TRAVEL BEFORE I SLEEP," ARE UTILIZED IN THE
LAST LINE WITH REPETITION. MILES SYMBOLIZE
LIFE'S JOURNEY, WHILE SLEEP PORTRAYS DEATH.

PERSONIFICATION - IN THE SECOND STANZA, AS
THE HORSE COMES TO A HALT, ROBERT FROST
PERSONIFIES THE HORSE'S THOUGHTS, AND IN
THE THIRD VERSE, HE DELIVERS A SIGN TO THE
RIDER. “HE GIVES HIS HARNESS BELLS A SHAKE,
TO ASK IF THERE IS SOME MISTAKE.” IT APPEARS
AS IF THE HORSE IS A HUMAN BEING WHO KNOWS
HIS OWNER'S WANTS OR REQUESTS AS TO
WHETHER THEY MUST HALT.

IMAGERY - IMAGERY IS EMPLOYED TO MAKE
READERS FEEL THINGS USING ALL FIVE OF THEIR
SENSES. THE POET HAS EMPLOYED IMAGERY FOR
THE SENSE OF VISION, SUCH AS FORESTS, HOME,
AND LAKE, TO LET READERS IMAGINE THE WOODS
AS A SOURCE OF PEACE AND COMFORT TO A
LONELY TRAVELLER.

EUPHONY - THE POEM SOUNDS MELODIC AND
FLOWS EASILY OFF THE TONGUE. THIS IS DUE TO
THE STRUCTURE OF THE POEM. EUPHONY IS WHAT
THIS IS. EUPHONY IN POETRY MAKES THEM
SOUND APPEALING TO THE EARS, AND YOU CAN
TRY IT YOURSELF. READ THE POEM AND NOTICE
HOW EASILY IT TRAVELS DOWN YOUR THROAT.

FURTHER DISCUSSIONS



THE STYLE:

"STOPPING BY WOODS ON A
SNOWY EVENING" IS DIVIDED INTO
FOUR QUATRAINS, OR FOUR-LINE
STANZAS. THE LINES ARE IN
REGULAR IAMBIC TETRAMETER
AND THE QUATRAINS OFTEN
FOLLOW AN AABA RHYME
PATTERN.

"STOPPING BY WOODS ON A

SNOWY EVENING" IS A LYRIC

POETRY WRITTEN IN THE FIRST

PERSON THAT REVEALS PERSONAL

SENTIMENTS AND PERCEPTIONS.

THE SPEAKER ENJOYS THE

BEAUTY OF THE SNOWY WOODS

AND REFLECTS ON THE STRAIN HE

FEELS BETWEEN HIS CURRENT

CALM AND THE ONCOMING TUG OF

RESPONSIBILITY.

2. TECHNIQUE OF WRITING:

3. STRENGTH

THERE ARE VARIOUS SYMBOLS IN

THE POEM THAT WE MIGHT USE TO

REPRESENT OURSELVES. THE TERM

"STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY

EVENING" CAN REPRESENT VARIOUS

THINGS, BUT IN THIS CASE, IT

MOST LIKELY SIGNIFIES

REMINISCING OVER FORMER

MEMORIES WHEN A PERSON IS IN

THEIR LATER YEARS OF LIFE.

THE PIECE'S STRENGTHS BEGIN

WITH A DISCUSSION OF THE POEM'S

OPPOSING FORCES OR FEATURES.

THE POEM'S STRUCTURE IS USED

TO HIGHLIGHT THE CONTRASTS IN

TONE AND MOOD EVIDENT WITHIN

THE OPENING AND CLOSING LINES

OF THE FIRST STANZA. THIS PROOF

IS BASED ON THE RIDER'S

APPARENT SHIFT FROM

KNOWLEDGEABLE REASONING TO

BEING LULLED INTO A FALSE

FEELING OF SECURITY.

“

...I THINK I KNOW…” (LINE 1) :
INTELLIGENT REASONING. : THE
“...FILL UP WITH SNOW.”(LINE 4)
WOODS MESMERISES HIM.

THIS LINE IS OBVIOUS TELLING THAT HE
IS EXPLAINING THE BEGINNING OF THE
ENCHANTMENT THAT THE WOODS PLAY
ON THE TRAVELER.

BESIDES, THERE ARE QUALITIES OF

REALISM AND ROMANTICISM IN FROST'S

POEM. THE ALLUSION TO DEATH IN THE

POEM IS A FEATURE OF ROMANTIC

WORKS WHEREAS IDENTIFYING AND

STATING THINGS AS THEY ARE IS

ATTRIBUTED TO REALISM. THIS STYLE

CAN BE FOUND IN “ STOPPING BY WOODS

ON A SNOWY EVENING” WHEN HE

MENTIONS THAT THE NARRATOR

APPEARS TO BE TEMPTED BY THE WOODS

IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE ROMANTIC

POETS WERE TEMPTED BY DEATH

HIGHLIGHTS THE DANGER HIDING

BEYOND THE TREES. AS A RESULT, A

REALISTIC COMPONENT OF THE POEM IS

REQUIRED TO SHOCK THE RIDER OUT OF

HIS DAYDREAM.

4. WEAKNESS

THE POEM'S FLAWS ARE JUST AS NOTICEABLE

AS ITS BENEFITS. MUCH EMPHASIS IS PLACED

ON STUDYING THE WORDS INCLUDED IN THE

TEXT, BUT NOT ON THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE

OF THE POEM AND THE TACTICS UTILISED.

APART FROM HIGHLIGHTING THE

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE REPETITION IN LINES

15 AND 16, THE POETRY DOES NOT TELL US

THAT THE POEM IS A QUATRAIN. THERE IS

ALSO NO BACKGROUND INFORMATION ABOUT

THE POET.

“MY LITTLE HORSE MUST THINK IT QUEER...”
LINE 5
“HE GIVES HIS HARNESS BELLS A SHAKE
TO ASK IF THERE IS SOME MISTAKE” LINES
9-10

THIS DESCRIPTION HAS A DRAMATIC EFFECT,
AND HE DOES NOT EXPLAIN THIS DEVICE
THROUGHOUT HIS EXAMINATION OF THIS
INCIDENT. AS A RESULT, THERE IS NO
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ALLITERATION,
WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON
STRATEGIES UTILISED IN THE POEM.
EXAMPLES ARE SHOWN BELOW.

"...HE WILL NOT SEE ME STOPPING HERE
TO WATCH HIS WOODS FILL UP WITH SNOW.”
LINES 34

SIMILARLY, ALLITERATION IS OBVIOUS IN
LINE 13.
“...DARK AND DEEP.”

CONCLUSION

HIS POEM IS MEANT TO REFLECT

THOSE MOODS AND SENTIMENTS

WHEN A PERSON WANTS TO RELAX

AND DO SOMETHING THAT HE OR

SHE ENJOYS OR LIKES DOING BUT IS

FORCED TO WORK ON HIS OR HER

PROFESSIONAL TASKS LOAD AS

THEY ARE MORE IMPORTANT AT

THAT POINT OF TIME AND THEY

NEED TO BE DONE WITHIN IN

STIPULATED TIME FRAME OR

BEFORE A STATED DEADLINE.

IT TALKS ABOUT THE ATTITUDE OF

THE NARRATOR WHO IS A SEASONED

PROFESSIONAL AND WHO KNOWS

HIS PRIORITIES PROPERLY. HE HAS

SOME WORK TO DO AND EVEN

THOUGH HE WANTS TO STOP BY A

FOREST AND WATCH ITS SCENERY

THAT MAY PROVE TO BE SOOTHING

AND RELAXING FOR HIM, HE

REMINDS HIMSELF OF HIS

PROFESSIONAL APPROACH AND

THEN CARRIES ON WITH HIS

JOURNEY TO FINISH HIS TASK.

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