Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. |
AbstractAlthough the abstract terms are much less used in this poem, they are still very important. These words focus more on the feelings of the man in the poem and the way he describes the woods around him and his horse.
ConcreteThe concrete terms within this poem are used a lot more than the abstract ones. This is more than likely do to this poem focusing more on a nature and not on ideas necessarily. The words describe nature and the sounds and visuals that surround it. Those things aren't abstract as they can be heard and seen.
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Diction
The words within Frost’s Stopping by Woods are extremely simple. Most of the words do not even contain more than one syllable, which again adds to the simplicity of the words within the poem and helps to keep the poem’s rhythm steady and fast paced. The poem is very nature oriented and many of the words within the poem reflect that. This creates a theme essentially summarizing the meaning behind the poem - nature is simple and reality is complex.