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Stopping by Woods
on a Snowy
Evening
- Themes
- Loneliness
- We discover that the narrative
persona is far away from any human
contact and enjoys it this way - he is
happy that no one is there.
- Pathetic fallacy is used to develop the
theme of loneliness - adjectives "frozen"
and "dark" both create a melancholic tone.
- The idea of being alone links to Frost's
depression - he enjoyed his company and
avoided human contact.
- The idea of being alone links to Frost's
depression - he enjoyed his company and
avoided human contact.
- Pathetic fallacy is used to develop the
theme of loneliness - adjectives "frozen"
and "dark" both create a melancholic tone.
- We discover that the narrative
persona is far away from any human
contact and enjoys it this way - he is
happy that no one is there.
- Nature
- Frost uses the woods to develop the theme of nature as
like the poem, they hide depth which creates mystery.
- Frost uses the woods to develop the theme of nature as
like the poem, they hide depth which creates mystery.
- Choices
- The narrative persona makes choices which his horse does not
agree with - whether he stays in the woods fill up with snow or to
return to to the security and warmth of the village.
- The personal pronoun "I" suggests that the poem is about the poet - the
horse could be an extended metaphor for Frost as it is constantly
personified.
- The personal pronoun "I" suggests that the poem is about the poet - the
horse could be an extended metaphor for Frost as it is constantly
personified.
- The narrative persona makes choices which his horse does not
agree with - whether he stays in the woods fill up with snow or to
return to to the security and warmth of the village.
- Loneliness
- Context
- Frost wrote the poem in June 1922 at his
home in Vermont.
- He wrote the new poem "about the snowy
evening" and "the little horse" as if he had a
hallucination.
- A passage from the poem was read
when John F. Kennedy's casket was
brought to the White House as Frost was
one of Kennedy's favourite poets.
- Frost wrote the poem in June 1922 at his
home in Vermont.
- Summary
- The poem describes the thoughts of a
lone rider who pauses at night during his travel
to watch snow falling in the woods.
- It ends with the narrative persona
reminding themselves that they have far
to go until they are able to sleep despite
the beautiful sight before them.
- It ends with the narrative persona
reminding themselves that they have far
to go until they are able to sleep despite
the beautiful sight before them.
- The poem describes the thoughts of a
lone rider who pauses at night during his travel
to watch snow falling in the woods.
- Structure
- The poem is written in iambic tetrameter
(mono-syllabic words which build a fast pace) in
the Rubaiyat (a collection of quatrains) stanza.
- The overall rhyming
scheme of the poem is
AABA-BBCB-CCDC-DDDD.
- The poem is written in iambic tetrameter
(mono-syllabic words which build a fast pace) in
the Rubaiyat (a collection of quatrains) stanza.
- Language
- Repetition of the
noun "woods".
- The wood the narrative persona
is in acts as a boundary between
different areas (the wood and village) or lifestyles.
- The wood the narrative persona
is in acts as a boundary between
different areas (the wood and village) or lifestyles.
- Anaphora of the verb "sleep".
- It has connotations of not only peace and rest, but
also dormancy and death. The anaphora suggests
that the narrative persona has travelled a long way
both physically (reinforced by the noun "miles")
and mentally (implied by Frost's depression).
- It has connotations of not only peace and rest, but
also dormancy and death. The anaphora suggests
that the narrative persona has travelled a long way
both physically (reinforced by the noun "miles")
and mentally (implied by Frost's depression).
- Repetition of the
noun "woods".
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