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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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    By Shinelle Lam 9 October 2013 The poem‚ “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost is one that appears rather simple. The speaker is walking through the woods that have been freshly laden in snow. He is admiring the scenery laid before him. Even though he wants to stay and take in more of what he is seeing‚ he keeps his other duties in mind and how much distance there is left for him to fulfill them and mentions there is a choice he has to make which is considered most

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    Research Paper first draft 16th Nov 2011 In a Dark Night‚ I Find My Answers. The two poems “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “Acquainted with the Night” written by Robert Frost are very similar to each other because of the simplistic form of language used and the uses of metaphors. When we first read the poem‚ it looks like an ordinary poem but once we go in depth and understand the meaning‚ it becomes so much more. Both of the poem has a very dark‚ gloomy and lonely setting with a really

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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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    Robert Lee Frost (born in San Francisco‚ March 26‚ 1874 and died in Boston‚ January 29‚ 1963) was one of America’s leading 20th-century poets and a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Although his verse forms are traditional‚ he was a pioneer in the interplay of rhythm and meter and in the poetic use of the vocabulary and inflections of everyday speech. His poetry is thus both traditional and experimental. <br> <br>After Frost’s father died in 1885‚ the family left California and settled in

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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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    imageries that have been used frequently by Robert Frost is the snow imagery. Although the snow imagery appears in many other poems by Frost we will be dealing with the poems “Desert Places” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” Even though “Desert Places” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” share many qualities such as the common imagery of snow‚ the scene of the speaker travelling at night and the quantity of stanzas‚ they are as equally different or even more so. The speakers of the

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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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