Evaluation of R. Frosts' "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

This poem is written simply, but it goes deeper on many levels. There is nothing that dumbfounds us when we read it, but a higher level of thought allows us to analyze and discover what Frost is trying to convey. Time spent contemplating this poem is like time spent looking at the night sky; you keep finding more and more little stars like you can keep finding alternate meanings, and inferences. "Stopping by Woods on …

…head. He indeed did build a masterful poem on the structure. This poem evokes a major question, 'where do we want to go in life?' By looking carefully behind the word we may be able to see that this is a story of an adolescent in their prime; deciding which is the right path. Yet, there are so many meanings and moods associated with this poem that just one could not righteously describe it.