National Poetry Month Flashback: "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
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Symbolism
All symbols point to death. They include
Darkest night of the yearFrozen lakeWoods–lovely, dark and deepsleepIn "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," Robert Frost contemplates death. The setting symbolizes death. There's a "frozen lake" nearby a woods filled up with snow on the "darkest evening of the year." The speaker is enchanted with the woods, death, and stops to ponder. The rhyme scheme, with one line of rhyme present in each preceding stanza, mirrors the thought of death reaching into the speaker's thought. Although the woods become inviting to the tired traveler, as death does for some, the speaker realizes he cannot yet stop and rest because of his "promises" (14). The last two lines seem to be a lament at what lies ahead--a long life without rest.
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