Saturday, July 25, 2009

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening

This poem of Robert Frost untitled "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" is about a man and his horse who are passing by a wood and the man wonders "whose woods these are". He stops to appreciate what he sees while being afraid to be seen by the owner. On the other side his horse wonders why his master stops by these woods where there are no "farmhouse near". The man enjoy the woods but have to keep moving because he has not plan on stopping now.
In my opinion this poem is about determination and focus. He is seduced by the view but deep inside he knows that he had made "promises" to himself and he knows that he should not stop at this point. He might feel tempted to stop and enjoy what is around him but the voice deep inside him, reminds him that the place where he is at has nothing for him and his horse to feed themselves or even to shelter. The voice of the reason in my opinion represents the horse. Since in the poem he says "my little horse must think it queer", but how does he knows what he horse thinks if it is not him thinking it.
In life we may have a vision about doing something and finding ways to realize this vision. But while we are on the quest to this vision,we might be tempted by other things on the way that we have chosen. Now it is up to us to get focus and have some determination in order not to be distracted and in what we have decided to pursuit.

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