一条未选择的路 雪夜林边停驻 赏析
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The road not taken
Stanza 1: The poem
begins as if when the poet was walking in a wood
in late autumn at a fork in
the road. He was
choosing which road he should follow. Actually, it
is concerned with the
important decisions
which one must make in life: one must give up one
desirable thing in order to
possess the other.
Stanza 2: After the judgment and hesitation,
the traveler makes up his mind to take the road
which
looks grassy and wanted wear. This is
often believed to be the symbol of the poet's
choice of a
solitary life—taking poetry
writing as his life profession.
Stanza 3: The
two roads are equally pretty, so as soon as he
made the choice of the one, the poet
felt
pitiful for abandoning the other. He is quite
aware that his intention of
nothing than an
empty promise.
Stanza 4: The poet was
imagining many years later when he is recalling
the choice he made today,
he would respond
with nothing else but a sigh, for it would be too
hard for anyone, after many
more experiences
in life, to make any comment on the choice made
early in life.
Comment on the poem
Robert Frost is a master at pulling a thread
out of what looks like quite a simple theme.
This poem, as many of Frost's poems, begins
with the observation of nature, as if the poet is
a
traveler sightseeing in nature. By the end,
all the simple words condense into a serious,
philosophical proposition: When anyone in life
is confronted with making a choice, in order to
possess something worthwhile, he has to give
up something which seems as lovely and valuable as
the chosen one. Then, whatever follows, he
must accept the consequence of his choice for it
is not
possible for him to return to the
beginning and have another chance to choose
differently. Frost is
asserting that nature is
fair and honest to everyone. Thus all the
varieties of human destiny result
from each
person's spontaneous capability of making choices.
This is also a symbolic poem. The may
symbolize sophisticated society, in
which most
people are likely to follow a profitable but
easier way; each symbolizes a
possibility in
life; the
road which is
implies the
complicated circumstances of the human world.
Through the description of
Not
Taken
profound connotation, Robert Frost
teaches. However, in the form of a natural poem,
he teaches
delightfully.
The poem is very
regularly structured with 4 classic 5-line
stanzas, with the rhyme scheme
2)
Stopping by Woods on Snowy Evening
Line 1
woods: This image frequently appears in Frost's
poems, symbolizing the mystery of
nature,
death or catastrophe.
Line 2 His: the owner
of the woods.
Line 4 snow: Another frequent
image in Frost's poems. It usually symbolizes
something of
purity and loftiness.
Line 9 He: my little horse.
Line 10 to
ask: the horse asks me (whether there is a
mistake) The little horse is personified.
Line 12 downy flake: the soft and finely
patterned snow flakes.
Line 13 dark and deep:
the phrase is alliterated to enhance the
mysterious atmosphere of woods
in darkness.
The woods, while covered by snow, appear lovely;
but as a matter of fact,
they are filled with
mysteries.
Line 14 promises: one's
responsibility or duty in the world.
Line 15
miles: long distance; heavy duty in life.
sleep: rest during night; end of life.
Comment on the poem
The poem presents a
picture of tranquility: On a winter evening, a
sleigh driver stopped by a
wood while
everything is covered with snow. The poet is
enjoying a momentary relaxation on the
onerous
journey of life. The woods are lovely, but dark
and deep. The man is alone with nature in
a
peaceful scene; however, the scene of tranquility,
though appearing in peace and harmony, is not
without the temptation of death. The speaker,
as the poet himself, for a while was rather
attracted
by the mystery of death.
Fortunately, his former promises reminded him of
his responsibility in the
world and he
was thus detached from the dark woods, which may
quite possibly be taken as a
mysterious
seduction to suicide. The repetition of the last
two lines indicates the speaker's sense of
responsibility or simply his helplessness in
front of nature.
The poem is written
regularly in iambic tetrameter with 4 lines in 4
stanzas, with the rhyme
scheme as