Stoping by woods on a Snowy Evening ......... by Robert Frost ..
The most significant symbol in the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” would be the woods. ... Robert Frost's poem Stopping by the Woods symbolizes a journey of life and a movement towards death. Almost every single element in the poem in that sense is symbolic of something.
Robert Frost's poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening was first published on March 7th, this day in 1923. The story goes that Frost wrote this poem in a few minutes, after being up all night writing another.
(i) The woods belonged to a man, who lived in the village. The speaker has stopped by the woods to watch the snow filling up the woods.
(ii)The owner of the woods will not see the speaker stopping by the woods because he lives in the village.
(v)Yes, the poet is happy with his lonely state in the woods because:
(vi)Robert Frost is regarded as a poet of nature. Unlike, William
Wordsworth, another nature poet, who considers nature as a benevolent
mother, Frost considers nature as hostile and alien. In this poem, the
poet stops by the woodst and find them ‘lovely, dark and deep’. He finds
himself being seduced by the natural beauty of the woods. But, he finds
this seduction momentary and the charm is soon broken. He remembers
that he has to move away from nature to fulfill his worldly obligation.
II.
(iii)‘The darkest evening of the year’ refers to December 22, the longest night of the year, when there is biting cold. The word ‘darkness’ in the poem is suggestive of the mystery of nature — the source of nature’s beauty lies in its mystery, not in its familiarity.
(iv) Symbolically, the horse represents the domesticated part of the society and acts as its agent to remind the speaker of his responsibilities (by shaking of harness bells) and to wean him from indulging in pleasures of nature.
(v) The main theme of the poem is the basic conflict between an attraction towards nature and the pull of responsibilities. In this poem, the speaker stands by the woods and is enchanted by the beauty of nature. The shaking of the harness bells of his horse (symbolizing society) and the sound of the wind (symbolizing his inner voice) remind him that he cannot give in to irresponsible indulgence by enjoying the sensual pleasures of nature. He has certain worldly responsibilities which he must fulfill before he goes to sleep or before his life ends.
The most significant symbol in the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” would be the woods. ... Robert Frost's poem Stopping by the Woods symbolizes a journey of life and a movement towards death. Almost every single element in the poem in that sense is symbolic of something.
Robert Frost's poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening was first published on March 7th, this day in 1923. The story goes that Frost wrote this poem in a few minutes, after being up all night writing another.
(i) The woods belonged to a man, who lived in the village. The speaker has stopped by the woods to watch the snow filling up the woods.
(ii)The owner of the woods will not see the speaker stopping by the woods because he lives in the village.
The owner of the woods lives in the village, away from nature. Though he
owns the woods, he cannot appreciate and enjoy the beauty of nature.
Thus, there are man-made barriers which separate man from nature.
(iii) Woods, being “lovely, dark and deep”, symbolize sensuous
enjoyment, the darkness of ignorance, as well as the dark inner self of
man.
The village symbolizes society and civilization, beyond whose borders lie the woods.
(iv)The poet is standing just by the woods and looking at them. He is enchanted by the beauty of the woods.(v)Yes, the poet is happy with his lonely state in the woods because:
(a) he finds solace in the thoughts that nobody is watching him; and
(b) he is enchanted with the natural beauty of the woods, snow and the frozen lake.
II.
(i) The horse has stopped between the woods and the frozen lake. The
horse has stopped there because the rider (speaker) wants to see the
beauty of the woods.
(ii)The horse considers it strange to stop between the woods and the
frozen lake because there is no farmhouse, i.e., civilization, nearby
and that too on the darkest evening of the year.
(iii)‘The darkest evening of the year’ refers to December 22, the longest night of the year, when there is biting cold. The word ‘darkness’ in the poem is suggestive of the mystery of nature — the source of nature’s beauty lies in its mystery, not in its familiarity.
(iv) Symbolically, the horse represents the domesticated part of the society and acts as its agent to remind the speaker of his responsibilities (by shaking of harness bells) and to wean him from indulging in pleasures of nature.
(v) The main theme of the poem is the basic conflict between an attraction towards nature and the pull of responsibilities. In this poem, the speaker stands by the woods and is enchanted by the beauty of nature. The shaking of the harness bells of his horse (symbolizing society) and the sound of the wind (symbolizing his inner voice) remind him that he cannot give in to irresponsible indulgence by enjoying the sensual pleasures of nature. He has certain worldly responsibilities which he must fulfill before he goes to sleep or before his life ends.
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