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    Steve Pedersen “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening ’: A Burkean/Ecocritical Reading” Man is the symbol-using (symbol-making‚ symbol-misusing) animal ........................................... separated from his natural condition by instruments of his own making ...................................................... and rotten with perfection. (Burke 1‚ 2‚ 4‚ 5‚ 7) Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” elucidates Burke’s theory of “Man” as being “rotten with perfection” and shows

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    Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” Robert Frost has created a metaphoric poem about the journey of life as spoken through a weary traveler. The traveler decides to take a break from his journey with much disbelief from his little horse. I believe in the journey of life it is sometimes good and necessary to stop for a moment even if at the dismay of others. The traveler takes a moment to enjoy his surroundings as the poem says “These woods are lovely dark and deep” (line 13). He has also

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    Robert Frost’s: “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” The poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”‚ by Robert Frost‚ really caught my eye when I first read it and it left me wanting more. I found myself reading the poem over and over again‚ yet I still could not pinpoint what the theme might be. So after numerous times of reading‚ I came to the conclusion that I would talk about three categories in which help express the theme of this poem. They are beauty‚ nature‚ and responsibility.

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    Examination by Laura Wang of the poem “Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening” In this poem‚ the speaker is familiar with his environment: he knows the woods and their owner (“Whose woods these are I think I know”: he knows the owner of the woods and where he lives: “His house is in the village”); in “My little horse must find it queer […] He gives his harness bells a shake to ask if there is some mistake”‚ the speaker interprets the horse’s movements and behavior‚ which suggests he is familiar

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    many written works that speak to me in some certain way. I have now come across another that has set out details and certain specifics for me to relate to either physically or mentally. This written piece is a work of poetry called “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost. This poem starts relating to me by the words in the title. Then it transitions with more relation with simple imagery comparing to my inner emotion and kinesthetic feelings. Reading on‚ I felt that all I had to do

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    all my life! -- and‚ if God choose‚ I shall but love thee better after death. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost 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. 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. He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake

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    poems that limned the picturesque American Landscape. His mostly explicated poems “Birches” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” reflect his young manhood in the rural New England. Both of these poems are seemingly straightforward but in reality‚ they deal with a higher level of complexity and philosophy. Despite the difference in style and message‚ “Birches” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” are loaded with vivid imagery and symbolism that metaphorically depict the return to the nature

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    Haynes The lines of poetry I have just recited are stanzas 1-3 of Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening. In this poem Frost conveys the idea of a man stopping by some mysterious woods on a snowy evening and absorbing the quiet‚ beautiful scene. Frost reveals the temptation for the protagonist to stay for longer than he needs to in these woods‚ but knowing he has to return to reality and must continue travelling past the woods before he can rest for the night. In stanza one‚ the protagonist

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    at some separation is vital. Frost in his poem “Stopping byWoods on a Snowy Evening” generates anatmosphere of wonder and charm bydescribing the Woods as deep‚ dark andlovely. The speaker stops by some woodson snowy evening to stare at them. Heenjoys the lovely scene in near-silence andis tempted to stay a little longer butacknowledging the call of duty andconsiderable distance he decides toproceed without tarrying (Prema Joshua‚ 2008). The woods are lovely dark and deep ‚ But I have promises to

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    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. 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. 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. The woods are lovely‚ dark and deep. But I have promises to keep‚ And miles

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