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Student’s Name Tutor’s Name Course Date Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening The poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening was authored by Robert Frost in the year 1922. It was then published in the year 1924. The poem conveys the story of a man traveling through the snowy woods during the darkest dusk of the year. He is kind of deep in love with whatever he observes around him. He is on the way returning to town, though he cannot separate himself far away from those dark and lovely woods. The situation seems to be changeling to the speaker since he must attend to “…promises to keep…” which drives him far away from nature to the society as well as men’s world, even though he is attracted to the allure and beauty of woods that represents nature (Pilkington 32). The poem manages to transmit subtle even though deep questions concerning life, death, as well as our connection with the natural world. Frost message in this poem is that people need to create time in reconnecting with nature before going back to their obligations and daily lives even if it is briefly (Pilkington 44). The poem has four stanzas and a quatrain since it has four lines in each stanza, it also has stressed syllables with a regular rhythm that is maintained in all the stanzas of the poem. This indicates a slow-moving horse’s plod. The poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” considers meditation of nature. This creates the theme of nature and vivid imagery. The pulling of woods can be the state of being alone and the decoy of becoming free from responsibilities. This may also imply a spirit of adventure as well as attraction to danger as postulated in line
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