Robert Frost is one of America's best-known poets and may be the most misunderstood. Because his poems are often set in rural, early 20th Century New England settings, people think of him as a simple, and with a benevolent outlook on the world. In some of his writing, it is true, but much of his work is actually much darker, and much more complex. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," is that kind of a poem. In it, the speaker appears to consider the possibility that death may be more preferable than life. The speaker may be Robert Frost himself at point in his life. The structure of the poe...

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... that our understanding of Frost's work can be deepened and changed by re-reading of his work. It is this duality in Frost's work both in the fact that he uses simple language to portray seemingly simple tales that in fact contain complex themes, and his mixing of complex theoretical poetry techniques with ... the Night seems on the surface to be one of his more straightforward works. But that it seems a simple tale of bleakness and solitude is at once both true and false, I have re-read this poem several times and have even now, not finally settled on, or accepted that I know if there ca...

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• Grade Level: High School