Journey Through The Woods

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Journey Through The Woods Robert Frost was a humble farmer with an extraordinary talent for writing, using forms of imagery, figurative and symbolism to create a world of nature in his poems. Robert Frost is considered one of the greatest American 20th century’s writers, he is still as well known even in death. Frost is best known for writing what he knew…nature. He loved the land, being able to work the soil, plant a seed and watch it grow gave him understanding. He took that and put it into his writing. For example, in his poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” on the surface the poem appears simple, but there is a wealth of hidden meaning in it. Frost is able to paint a simple man with his horse on the “darkest night of the year” and cold snowy night; the man seems to be contemplating life and death. Instead fighting death the speaker sees it as peacefulness but knows he has to live because of promises he has to keep. Initially, the speaker is taking a break from a journey and stops to watch the snow falling in the woods. He gives the impression that he is on a “neighbors” property but they live in the village. Although, the speaker seems not to care because he says “He will not see me stopping here”. It is very clear that this man does not want to be disturbed, especially stopping to take a break in isolation. When looking at the poem as a whole you can feel the sadness the speaker is feeling. The mood and setting is very isolated, which the man embraces. The woods represent the mysterious and the unknown. Then, he goes on to say “to watch his wood fill up with snow” meaning he had a pleasantly fulfilled life, and there was more to come. And this is where the pure white snow comes in, there is hope.

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