The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
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"The woods are lovely, dark and deep," is a celebrated opening line from Robert Frost’s poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," evoking a tranquil yet mysterious winter landscape.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| "The woods are lovely, dark and deep," | 0 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
poetic line
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quotation ⓘ |
| appearsIn | "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Robert Frost NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfOriginOfSource | 20th century ⓘ |
| containsWord |
dark
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deep ⓘ lovely ⓘ woods ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfSource | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYearOfSource | 1923 ⓘ |
| followsLineInPoem | "Whose woods these are I think I know." ⓘ |
| imageryType | visual imagery ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| meterOfSourcePoem | iambic tetrameter ⓘ |
| oftenInterpretedAsSymbolizing | allure of escape from responsibilities ⓘ |
| oftenQuotedIn |
literary criticism
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popular culture ⓘ |
| openingLineOf | "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedesLineInPoem | "But I have promises to keep," ⓘ |
| rhymeSchemeOfSourceStanza | AABA ⓘ |
| seasonEvoked | winter ⓘ |
| settingEvoked | snowy woods ⓘ |
| sourceFirstPublishedAsPartOf | Robert Frost poetry collection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceFirstPublishedIn | "New Hampshire" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| themeEvoked |
contemplation
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nature ⓘ temptation of rest ⓘ |
| tone |
mysterious
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tranquil ⓘ |
| wordCount | 6 ⓘ |
| workTypeOfSource | poem ⓘ |
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