al. The speaker is suggesting that the miles are his duties in life and that he has many ahead of him before it’s his turn to rest.The title of the poem suggests a casualness of the experience. The words’ “stopping by” adds certain nonchalance to the tone. It is somewhat ironic how the title gives the reader a sense that the poem may simply describe the pretty woods or the snow tipped trees, but there is a much deeper meaning to the man’s “stopping by” on this “snowy evening.” The “lovely woods” become much more than one would ever expect. They are very enticing and the speaker has an almost unbearably strong attraction to them. They are powerful in the sense that they trigger the speaker to make a decision over life and death.“Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” has a magical mysteriousness to it. Frost makes this poem incredibly vivid through his excellent word choice and effective description. Frost picks the perfect combination of words to make this poem so appealing to the reader in both a visual and audible way. He makes the poem flow with the sounds of the words he uses and in doing so, he draws the reader into the depths of the poem’s true meaning. ...
