Robert Frost Explication Analysis - 1266 Words

Poetry Explication Essay The poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening was published in Robert Frost’s New Hampshire in 1924 (Pritchard). The poem is among the most easily recognizable and familiar works written by Frost. On the surface, this poem is a short encounter at the edge of a snowy forest. Perhaps its outer simplicity is what makes the poem stand out in the minds of readers. The straightforward structure and balanced rhyme pattern make it easy to recite and the imagery Frost evokes is both beautiful and engaging. However, this surface level is only a faà §ade to the underlying subject matter. As Ciardi puts it, the surface-level events display â€Å"†¦ the pretended simplicity of the narrative,† suggesting that Frost intends a deeper†¦show more content†¦He also doesn’t describe the physical traits or gender of the narrator (hereinafter referred to as male). This is an attempt to make the situation more easily relatable to a large pool of readers—representing any errand as well as any person. As Ciardi puts it, â€Å"The errand †¦ is left generalized in order the more aptly to suggest any errand in life and, therefore, life itself (Ciardi 14). Ciardi goes on to examine the man talked about in the poem. This man â€Å"represents the village of mankind† and thus tells us that the narrator is divided or has chosen to divide himself from society at least for a short horse-ride (Ciardi 14). This division is an important theme in the poem, instantly showing us that the reflection is a highly personal experience for the narrator. The horse in the poem, on the other hand, is the narrator’s connection to reality. Ciardi goes so far as to call the horse the â€Å"foil† of the protagonist for â€Å"disagreeing† with his actions—demonstrated in the line â€Å"My little horse must think it queer / To stop without a farmhouse near† (CITE). This horse has been subject to analys is by other critics as well, Virginia Faulkner explains that the horse represents â€Å"male sexual potency† (Faulkner 560). Though not many critics agree with Faulkner in the respect that the poem is â€Å"dealing with an amatory adventure,† the sexual connotations of the horse still adhere to its connection with the narrator through the symbolism ofShow MoreRelatedThe Road Not Taken By Robert Frost912 Words   |  4 Pagesremorse in the thought of what could have been? Profound poet Robert Frost depicts this dilemma in his poem â€Å"The Road Not Taken. The Road Not Taken is a narrative poem consisting of four stanzas of iambic tetrameter and was published in 1916 in the collection Mountain Interval. In this poem, Robert Frost uses title, imagery, and theme to complicate and lead the reader to unknowingly misunderstand the poem. Through careful explication of these elements of Frost’s â€Å"The Road Not Taken,† one may discoverRead MoreAnalysis of Acq uainted with the Night and Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening1471 Words   |  6 PagesResearch Paper first draft 16th Nov 2011 In a Dark Night, I Find My Answers. The two poems â€Å"Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening† and â€Å"Acquainted with the Night† written by Robert Frost are very similar to each other because of the simplistic form of language used and the uses of metaphors. When we first read the poem, it looks like an ordinary poem but once we go in depth and understand the meaning, it becomes so much more. Both of the poem has a very dark, gloomy and lonely setting with a reallyRead MoreEssay on Analysis of Birches559 Words   |  3 PagesAnalysis of Birches  Ã‚   The discursive blank-verse meditation Birches does not center on a continuously encountered and revealing nature scene; rather, it builds a mosaic of thoughts from fragments of memory and fantasy. Its vividness and genial, bittersweet speculation help make it one of Frosts most popular poems, and because its shifts of metaphor and tone invite varying interpretation it has also received much critical discussion, not always admiring. The poem moves back and forth betweenRead MoreBusiness and Management2600 Words   |  11 Pages | | | |The Reader as Writer: Developing a Thesis, Drafting, and Writing an Argument (pp.45-63). | | | | |Reading Literature Closely: Explication (pp 101-114). | | | | |Reading and Writing about Stories (pp. 355-367). | | Read MoreANALIZ TEXT INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS28843 Words   |  116 Pagesï » ¿TEXT INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS The purpose of Text Interpretation and Analysis is a literary and linguistic commentary in which the reader explains what the text reveals under close examination. Any literary work is unique. It is created by the author in accordance with his vision and is permeated with his idea of the world. The reader’s interpretation is also highly individual and depends to a great extent on his knowledge and personal experience. That’s why one cannot lay down a fixed â€Å"model†