Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
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"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is a widely anthologized lyric poem renowned for its simple, musical language and its contemplative meditation on duty, solitude, and the allure of nature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Robert Frost ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| awardsContext | New Hampshire won the 1924 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ⓘ |
| compositionYearApproximate | 1922 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalImpact |
frequently memorized in schools
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often quoted in popular culture ⓘ |
| famousLine |
And miles to go before I sleep.
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But I have promises to keep, ⓘ The woods are lovely, dark and deep, ⓘ Whose woods these are I think I know. ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | speaker's little horse ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | New Hampshire ⓘ |
| form | quatrains ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| linesPerStanza | 4 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
New England literary culture
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surface form:
New England regionalism
modernist era ⓘ |
| meter | iambic tetrameter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| numberOfStanzas | 4 ⓘ |
| partOfCollection | New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCareer | one of Robert Frost's most famous poems ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1923 ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | AABA BBCB CCDC DDDD ⓘ |
| setting |
rural landscape
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snowy evening ⓘ |
| speaker | unnamed traveler ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
observation of falling snow
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pause during a journey ⓘ |
| theme |
contemplation of death
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duty ⓘ nature ⓘ responsibility ⓘ solitude ⓘ temptation of rest ⓘ |
| tone |
contemplative
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meditative ⓘ quiet ⓘ |
| usesDevice |
alliteration
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imagery ⓘ personification ⓘ repetition ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| widelyAnthologized | true ⓘ |
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Robert Frost