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Poet: Robert Frost (Robert Frost Art)
Poem: 24.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Volume: New Hampshire
Year: Published/Written in 1923
Poem of the Day:
Jun 26 2000
Comment 277 of 277, added on June 23rd, 2009 at 10:20 PM.
i truly, deeply believe in my heart that this poem is about SANTA CLAUS and SUICIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!
carlos from Australia
Comment 276 of 277, added on May 7th, 2009 at 8:55 AM.
One of Robert Frost’s most valuable things in life was spending time with his family. In the poem “Stopping by Woodson a Snowy Evening” it talks about going through harsh and difficult times just to get where he wanted to be. He put this in a direct relationship with life itself. He would push through the difficult times to get to the other side just to be with his family and where he was the happiest. When you are a writer you go through many obstacles. Not all of our writing will be approved and successful but the true test is to get back up and try again. This is exactly what Robert Frost believed in and he experienced it first hand.
Sarah Landry from United States
Comment 275 of 277, added on May 7th, 2009 at 1:02 AM.
In Mr. Frost's poems, it is clearly evident that his love for rhyme and meter permeated everything he wrote. He simply despised the thought of free verse, and, much unlike Carl Sandburg, wrote his poems to be read aloud, not only seen. One would expect no less from the man who graduated as Valedictorian from his High School in New Hampshire. By the same token, this master of rhetoric also read, from memory, his work entitled "The Gift Outright" at John F. Kennedy's inauguration. As the result of many influences, Robert Frost continued to write many insightful poems, not unlike this one.
Nick Johnson from United States
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i truly, deeply believe in my heart that this poem is about SANTA CLAUS and SUICIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!
carlos from Australia