Gladden
ENC 1102 Section Number
31 January 2018
Paraphrase of “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
In Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” he sleighs into a familiar wooded area, and there in the solitude of the woods, he thinks: I should not be stopping in these woods because I know the owner of the woods who lives in the village nearby often forbids trespassers from going through his woods. Sneakily, since the owner is not here to interrupt me, I decide to stop and witness the snow as it blankets the land with whiteness, but I am not totally comfortable with my decision (Lines1-4).
However, I am now so electrified that my mind personifies my horse so that I question what the horse thinks about my decision and note that the horse must be taking an exception to the delay since the solitude of the woods offers no evidence of human life in the vicinity, for I have stopped near a frozen lake in the density of the forest where the evening appears to be the blackest of the year. After taking in the beauty of the snow-filled forest, I gently shake the harness ropes, causing the attached bells to ring while creating a rhythmic sound that is a combination of the quietness of the wind as it gently caresses the forest floor and disturbs the softness and resting place of the fallen flakes; however, the contrast between the whiteness of the snow and the blackness of the woods is both delightful and disconcerting to me (5-12).
Moreover, I take a final glimpse into the drawing beauty of the surroundings within the ebony woods which have been engaging, time consuming, and relaxing and decide that I can dilly dally no longer since I have some appointments that I must keep and still have several more miles to travel before my day comes to an end (13-16). *323 words
Work Cited
Frost, Robert. “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” The Norton Introduction to
Literature, edited by Kelly J. Mays, Shorter 12th ed., Norton & Company, 2016, p. 1116.
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