Summary Of Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening By Robert Frost

Robert Frost has been labeled as one of America 's greatest poets. He is known for his use of rural settings, his command of everyday diction, and his ability to give poetry a rhyme and meter similar to that of normal speech; he is also known to explore fundamental aspects of the human experience with his works. Frost combines these two characteristics in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” giving the outwardly simple poem a breadth and depth that allows readers to interpret it in different ways on different levels. This complexity creates some difficultly in coming to a conclusion regarding the piece, but the reader may also use it to form a holistic opinion about the meaning behind the work. This can be done by analyzing each layer of the work symbolically and stylistically, both as a separate entity and as a lens to a deeper interpretation. Two layers seem to stand out, ultimately working together to reveal a sad commentary on blind busyness.

The surface layer of Frost’s work, unsurprisingly, reveals itself through an interpretation that requires only a little analysis on the part of the reader. Nonetheless, it is an important piece of the puzzle. It does, however, require a rather large bias towards the peaceful elements of the poem, but this is surprisingly easy to accomplish and occurs almost unconsciously upon first reading the poem. When viewed from this position, the focus is primarily on the face value of the narrator 's words (or

In this, the reader sees links to the Transcendentalist Movement of the 1800s and the call to live humble, contemplative way of life that many of its champions issued in their own works. Frost’s style and symbolism, which combine the simple with the profound, blend perfectly with that message and result in a work that, like the woods it describes, is both “lovely” (Frost 13) and “dark and deep” (Frost