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.

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instanceOf poetic line
quotation
appearsIn "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" NERFINISHED
author Robert Frost NERFINISHED
centuryOfOriginOfSource 20th century
containsWord dark
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
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
nature
temptation of rest
tone mysterious
tranquil
wordCount 6
workTypeOfSource poem

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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening famousLine The woods are lovely, dark and deep,