Robert frost miles to go before i sleep meaning

Whose woods these are I think I know. (a) His house is in the village though; (a) He will not see me stopping here (b) To watch his woods fill up with snow. (a)

My little horse must think it queer (a) To stop without a farmhouse near (a)

Between the woods and frozen lake (b) The darkest evening of the year. (a)

He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound's the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep. (a) But I have promises to keep, (a) And miles to go before I sleep, (a) And miles to go before I sleep. (a)

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening is one of Frost’s popular poems among great number of his works that concern with nature. Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963) admires the beauty of nature and uses it in his poetry. To his understanding, nature keeps its power of life along with tragedy and disaster. Thus, many of his poems center on individuals as their interaction with nature. This typical works reflect Robert Frost’s belief that poetry becomes such media of clarifying experiences. Another important idea from this prominent poet is that “a dark side reveals a strong faith”.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening is categorized into stanzaic and rhymed verse poem. It has four stanzas with four lines on each so called quatrain. This poem has perfect rhyme (a-a-b-a), except the last stanza (a-a-a-a). It has also perfect rhythm using metrical pattern of Iambic tetrameter.

In this poem, Robert Frost uses some figurative language to express the deep feeling of poet. Repetition appears in the last two sentences “And miles to go before I sleep”. These utterances express the poet’s plan for the future to which he puts down his promises to realize it before the end of his life. Besides, metaphor is used to describe the ‘woods’ as stated in ‘The woods are lovely, dark and deep’ and hyperbole is in ‘The darkest evening of the year’ and ‘miles to go before I sleep’. The poet also personifies the little horse as shown in the following sentences; ‘My little horse must think it queer’, ‘He gives his harness bells a shake’, and ‘To ask if there is some mistake’. However, this personification seems pushing readers to think deeper whether the poet comes to the woods with his horse or alone.

The words used in this poem mostly have denotative meaning though some have connotative meaning. The choice deals with the way of poet to convey the intended message. For example, words chosen in the first stanza clearly describe the condition of woods and house in the village. These also illustrate that this place is in the village, far away from town. Then, obviously, the words say about the setting of time; that is winter evening, which is shown in phrase ‘filled up with snow’. It is the setting of place and time where the poet dwells and struggle for living.

Some connotative meaning can be found in the second and third stanza, such as little horse, darkest evening, ask, and miles to go. Here, little horse may refer to the poet’s spirit which accompany him to think of his life, in all condition even if in the darkest evening. This phrase implies poet’s big and complex problem. That is shown the reason why the poem ended by a remark of “and miles to go before I sleep”, which express a deep meaning of long journey, problem, obstacles need to encountered before the death.

The sentences are easily understood since the grammar used is perfect. Although the sentences are cut into several lines in one stanza, they used perfect punctuation too. Yet, by knowing the literal meanings have not led readers understanding the depth feeling of the poet.

Seeing from the words present connotative meaning, some are used as symbols. Mainly, the poet use Woods to symbolize life with its complexity. Frozen lake indicates loneliness, and dark means problem or terrible emotions. Snowy represents quiet but hard condition.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening is written by using subjective point of view. Here, Robert Frost places himself as the speaker. It seems that he employs his experience of life and its relationship with nature as the basis of his writing.

The tone of this poem is gloomy. This is shown by the use of some words implied on dark and sadness, such as ‘woods’, ‘darkest’, ‘frozen’, and ‘deep’. This atmosphere is proved by the appearance of “and miles to go” which obviously represent the long journey must be overtaken.

Although some words related to the nature are employed in building this poem, the poet utilizes them to express the depth feeling to be a human, man. Robert Frost expresses the sorrow within the cold snowy

Despite of sorrow and terrible life, every person must have a hope. Hope must not be kept in promise but reveal in action as its realization. Therefore, we should be full of courage both thought and power to face life. The loveliness is not to be seen but reached, and merciless are not to be despised but encountered.

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