POETRY ESSAY
COURSE # and TITLE: ENGL 102 B49: Literature and Composition
WRITING STYLE USED: APA
Thesis and Outline
Poetry Unit
Thesis: Frost uses a complex rhyme scheme along with a simple structure and word choice to create a poem that readers can enjoy for its simplicity, as well as consider its hidden interpretations.
Outline:
I. Literal Interpretation
A. Man on way home
B. Stops to enjoy the view/ recharge
C. Resumes journey
I. Rhyme Scheme and Structure
A. Rubaiyat Scheme
B. Iambic Tetrameter
C. Simple word choice
III. Phonetics
A. First Stanza
B. Second Stanza
C. Third Stanza
D. Fourth Stanza
IV. Alternate Interpretations
A. Suicide
B. In between obligations and responsibilities
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”:
A Review of an American Classic
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is one of the most loved poems in American literature. Robert Frost has stated that he wrote it on a warm June, 1922 morning. He had stayed awake all night and as he stretched, he looked out at the sun rising over the hills and composed this memorable poem. Frost uses a complex rhyme scheme along with a simple structure and word choice to create a poem that readers can enjoy for its simplicity, as well as consider its hidden interpretations.
Frost wanted his poem to be enjoyed for its literal beauty, for the sounds and texture he created with words. “The thing which had given him [Frost] the most pleasure in composing the poem was the effortless sound of that couplet about the horse…he wanted to direct his readers away from solemnly debating them; instead he invited them simply to be pleased with how he had put it” (Pritchard,1993, pp. 164-165). When looked at in its literal sense, the poem is a about a man on a journey. He stops on the road between a frozen lake and a set of woods on a snowy evening. There is no one around except his horse. It is quiet, and the solitude is welcomed. His horse...