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stopping by the woods on a snowy evening

n the soft “s” sound. When describing the sounds in the woods, Frost writes, “The only other sound’s the sweep of easy wind and downy flake” to make the reader feel the relaxing sensations similar to those that the speaker experiences. The “s” sound that Frost uses suggests the quiet peacefulness of that very moment.Frost uses the horse as a sense of reality; it is the horse that stays stable and keeps the speaker in line. The horse is very different from the man because the horse is capable of remaining in a normal state despite the strange, luring beauty of the woods. When the speaker is off in his dream world, the horse is what knocks him back into reality as “he gives his harness bells a shake” and wakes the speaker. It is then that the speaker answers life’s question that is raised during his delightful reverie. In “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” Frost is not merely suggesting that the speaker is alone in his thoughts. It is true that the reader can feel as though they have been in the speaker’s place at some time. It would be considered strange if a person did not come across these thoughts and feelings at some point in their lives. Frost is showing the reader the importance of life and the fact that all people have come to the question of whether or not to continue their difficult journey through it. The speaker will allow himself to sleep only after he has kept his promises; sleep becomes a deserved reward in contrast to the unearned pleasure of looking at the woods(Lynen, 6). In this poem, Frost is using sleep to symbolize death, which is portrayed as something wonderful, a state where there is nothing to hold one back.The way Frost symbolizes death in this poem is very clever. Not only is sleep often interpreted as a symbol of death, but also Frost’s description of the snowy, winter night clearly suggests death in itself. As spring...

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