Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening, R. Frost

A man in the woods in winter. That is all you see on the surface of Robert Frost’s poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” Underneath the surface, however lies a much more intriguing meaning behind every word he uses. The proof of this lies in the analysis of each individual stanza of this sophisticated piece of poetry. The first stanza is probably the most important, however, due to its hidden meanings.
In the first stanza, the reader pictures a man in the woods while it is snowing, not too sure of where he is. It is almost immediately apparent to the reader that the man is on some kind of journey, because he does not seem to have been here before. The journey most likely represents an individual’s journey of life, which can often confuse one as to where they are. The verse tells that the man is stopping in another man’s woods, but the man will surely not know, or care of the trespasser. The snow that is continuously falling is, of course, white, which i...