Question

What subject and theme (or themes) did you identify in the poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"? Describe one theme that you noted from your reading of the poem. Why do you think this is a theme in the poem?

Answer 1

"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is a lonely poem, for our speaker finds himself far away from any other human being. He kind of digs this aloneness, however, and is glad that no one is there to watch him. We get the feeling that he'd rather be all by his lonesome in the freezing cold than back in the village. Nature helps make things even lonelier, too, for it happens to be freezing cold, snowing, and dark out there.

Answer 2

Answer:

One theme of this poem is that the beauty of nature mesmerizes the speaker on a snowy evening. The opening stanza of the poem states that the speaker is attracted to the dark woods filling up with snow, and he stops to take in the beauty of the scene. The quietness of the evening allows the speaker to hear the sound of the “easy wind and downy flake.” The line “The woods are lovely, dark and deep,” also reflects the speaker's appreciation of nature.

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