About Poet: Robert Frost
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Analysis:-
'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' is one of the most celebrated Poems by Robert Frost. The first prime minister of free (independent) India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was so much impressed with the message of this poem that he always kept this poem on the table beneath the glass. The poem is simple but the message which it conveys is significant. The poem is about the poet's going to the forest, getting tempted to stay there, and finally realizing that he has many works to be done by him and so he cannot stop in the forest. It is a poem about the internal dilemma of a poet between love for beauty and a sense of duty. This kind of dilemma is witnessed by every person at some stage in life. We all are sometimes tempted by the beauty of nature to stop there for a long time but the work which is to be done by us remains us of our duty and we do not stop for a long time where that beautiful place is. This truth of life is conveyed by the poet through the present poem.
The subject matter of the poem is simple. Poet goes to a dark, deep, and lovely forest on his horseback. It is such a beautiful place that the poet is tempted to stop there and passed that night in the forest but the horse of the poet shakes his head to ring the bells which are tied on its harness. The horse wants to ask the poet whether he is mistaken in making a stay in that forest. The reason is, it is the darkest evening, the lake is frozen and the snowfall is there. Such a gesture of his horse remains the poet that the woods are lovely, dark, and deep but he has so many promises to keep. He has to perform many duties before he slips into the forest and before he dies. The final message of the poem is that a sense of beauty in life is more important than tempting beauty. No tempting beauty should ever prove to be a hindrance on the path of duty.
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