Snow Imagery in “Desert Places” and “Stopping by Woods on...

Robert Frost (1874- 1963). Robert Frost â€Å"was the most widely admired and highly honoured American poet of the 20th century (Eiermann).† Robert Frost was raised in rural New England where he grew a fond love for the outdoors and nature (Merriman). His love with nature elements has probably overwhelmed him so much that it has been reflected upon in many of his poems such as â€Å"The Tuft of Flowers,† â€Å"Reluctance,† and â€Å"Birches.† One of the nature imageries that have been used frequently by Robert Frost is the snow imagery. Although the snow imagery appears in many other poems by Frost we will be dealing with the poems â€Å"Desert Places† and â€Å"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.† Even though â€Å"Desert Places† and â€Å"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy†¦show more content†¦It is also because of the mysteriousness of the woods being â€Å"lovely, dark, and deep (Frost, Stopping., line 13)† that makes the speaker mesmerized. The snow in this poem gave the speaker calmness by the woods and gives the poem the mood of welcome and mysteriousness whereas in â€Å"Desert Places† the snow establishes the mood of loneliness and emptiness. Therefore, if the snow imagery made the mood of the poems different, then evidently the snow imagery will make the themes of the two poems different as well. From the different manipulations of the snow imagery on the moods in â€Å"Desert Places† and â€Å"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening† it made their themes distinctly different from each other. The snow that surrounded the speaker in â€Å"Desert Places† made the field look like an open, empty, lonely place. It is from the surroundings that the speaker creates his own loneliness. From this, it is clear that the speaker’s loneliness inside himself/ herself overwhelms them so much that it causes their outlook to be of only loneliness. So in â€Å"Desert Places† the theme is that the loneliness that is created from within of the speaker causes him/her to realize or see the loneliness that is inside them and also the loneliness that surrounds them, which is nature. In â€Å"Stopping by Woods on a SnowyShow MoreRelatedRobert Frost Poetry Analysis Essay792 Words   |  4 PagesRobert Frost takes our imagination to a journey through wintertime with #8232;his two poems Desert Places and Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. These two poems reflect the beautiful scenery that is present in the snow covered woods and awakens us to new feelings. Even though these poems both have winter settings they contain very different tones. One has a feeling of depressing loneliness and the other a feeling of welcome solitude. They show how the same setting can have totally differentRead MoreEssay about The Dark Side of Humanity Exposed in Robert Frosts Poetry991 Words   |  4 Pagesat the world and are often used as metaphors to describe a darker view of nature and humans. In Frosts poetry, the depth is as important as the surface. The darker aspects of Frosts poetry are often portrayed through the use of symbolism, vivid imagery, and selective word choice. Frosts poems appear to be simple on the surface, yet upon further scrutiny the poems reveal themselves as elusive. Frost utilizes ordinary objects to create a deeper meaning. For example, the poem Mending Wall, appearsRead MorePOETRY 2 11389 Words   |  46 PagesThe Inchcape Rock 7 — 11 Robert Southey 3. In the Bazaars of Hyderabad 11 — 14 Sarojini Naidu 4. Small Pain in My Chest 14 — 17 Michael Mack 5. The Professor 17 — 20 Nissim Ezekiel 6. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening 20 — 23 Robert Frost 7. A Doctor’s Journal Entry for August 6, 1945 23 — 26 Vikram Seth 8. If Thou Must Love Me 26 — 29 Elizabeth Barrett Browning 9. I Believe 29 — 30 Brucellish K Sangma