near". He admits that just stopping does seem odd. He is also somewhat concerned about the man who owns the woods. The man almost feels guilty for looking so lovingly at this other man's woods. "He will not see me stopping here / To watch his woods fill up with snow". I think that the speakers life may be a little better off since he stopped to take a deep breath and enjoy all that really matters, the simple things. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is the opposite of "Desert Places". The settings were exactly the same; calm, dark winter evenings, but they express totally different feelings. "Desert Places" is a very depressing poem with a dark tone. The other is very happy and it makes you wish that winter was already here. These two poems are very different but they are also the same in some ways. They show two extremes of the same emotion. Being alone can be positive or negative it just depends on the state of the mind. Loneliness can be very depressing or it can be a time to collect your thoughts without the pressures of the outside world crashing down. Winter is the perfect season to reflect upon when expressing solitude. Winter can make everything seem dead. It can be a very depressing time of year. Snow covers everything living and the cold seems to chill to the very soul at times. Winter can also be very uplifting. It can wipe the slate clean with its pureness and it can be a time of starting over. Snow's whiteness can, in a way, blind you with its beauty and make you forget about your troubles. Winter for me is a time of silent reflection. I could sit for hours and gaze at the blowing snow. Many of Frost’s poems revolve around nature. You can even tell just from the titles or the first line in the poem. For example: “The Tuft of Flowers,” “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” which has a first line of “Nature’s first green is gold.” “After Apple-Pickin...
