Stopping by words on a snow evening

Stopping by words on a snow evening

Theme:

-         Our senses lured towards the physical beauty & we forget our duty.

-         We should not forget our responsibility being charmed towards physical beauty.

-         We should do something before we die.

The poet is going somewhere at a snowy evening by riding on his horse back. When he saw the beauty of the forest he stops there. Later his horse made him to remember his destination and he moves a head.

"And miles to go before a head"

·       Literal Comprehension:-

Robert frost is a very famous modern American poet. His poems are very simple in language but with deep meaning. In this short poem, frost has presented the idea about physical beauty and responsibilities.

          The speaker is going to his house at evening by guiding on his horse back. It was a snowing evening. He was much attractive towards the beauty of the forest because it was covered with white snow. He forget his destination and he looked the beauty of forest and the lake which were frozen. He says that the owner of the forest couldn't see him stopping there because his house was a way in a village. There was no farm house  near there and the horse felt uneasy because it as a late evening and it was too cold. So the horse shook its head and rang the bell. The poet realize that he has to go. Then he say, through the forest is too much beautiful, but he was to go. He has to go miles away to get to sleep at his house.

·       Interpretation:-

The poet wants to say that our senses lured to us to the physical beauty and we forget our duty but we shouldn't our duty responsibility being attracted to us the enjoyment we have to do something before die. In this poem the snowing forest attracted the poet and he forget his destination but later he realized it and moved a head. So we should control over senses.

·       Critical Thinking:-

This poem has a deep philosophy meaning of our life. The last two lines of this poem "And miles to go before I sleep" (X2) has its whole them. Here 'Sleep' means "Death" and "Miles to go" means our long journey of life. So, this poem tells us that we should do many things before we die. But, this poem tells us we should not be in the control of our senses. It is true that nobody could forget the reality for a dream or enjoyment.

·       Assimilation:-

This poem was the favorite poem of Pandit Nehru. When he used to be in any problem he used to read two last line, "And miles to go before I sleep". I also get encouragement when I read those line to do something in life. It is true that our senses attracted towards physical beauty. When I like to read I couldn't because I like to sleep. But I shouldn't forget my responsibility or work.