The idea of death in the poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’
‘Stopping by W oods on a S nowy E vening’ is perhaps the most well-known poem by Robert Frost. In fact, this is the single poem through which Frost is known to many. This poem is suggestive of profound thoughts and utterances about human life and death . To all appearances, the poem may seem a moving personal experience of the poet. It may seem nothing more than a simple anecdote reality that one evening the poet pauses along a lonely dark country road to watch snow fall in the woods. But the poem is an allegory form of a universal conflict felt by every sensitive individual, and that is the idea of death. Through personal experiences, Frost understands that one day he will die. He will have to leave the world sooner or later. This happens to everyone. No one can escape from death. In the poem we can see that the speaker or the poet stops in the midst of the woods on a snowy evening on his way home. But this place seems different to him. This place seems spiritual and related...