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Notes Third stanza, ccdc

Fourth stanza, dddd
Internal Rhyme
Here are examples of internal rhyme in the poem

He will not see me stopping here (line 3)
My little horse must think it queer (line 5)
To stop without a farmhouse near (line 6)
Between the woods and frozen lake (line 7)

The darkest evening of the year (line 8)

7.4 Structure and Meter

The poem consists of four stanzas, each with four lines. (A four-line stanza is called a quatrain.)
Each line in the poem has eight syllables (or four feet). In each line, the first syllable is
unstressed, the second is stressed, the third is unstressed, the fourth is stressed, and so on.
Thus, the poem is in iambic tetrameter. An iamb is a foot containing an unstressed syllable
followed by a stressed syllable. A tetrameter is a line of poetry or verse containing four feet.
The following example—the first two lines of the poem–demonstrates the metric scheme. The
unstressed syllables are in blue; the stressed are in black in capitals. Over each pair of syllables
is a number representing the foot. Also, a black vertical line separates the feet.
.......1....... ........2..... .. .......3..............4

7.5 Themes

The theme of “Stopping by Woods On A Snowy Evening” is obviously not a definite one. It
is, moreover, the usage of simplicity at its best, insofar one can enjoy the superficial provocation.
Deeper meaning can be drawn from the poem, and the beauty of the initial piece is that you
can draw the deeper meaning from it. One goes through the poem, seemingly understanding the
implications, but then you get to the last two lines: “And miles to go before I sleep/ And miles
to go before I sleep” then you think to yourself that there is a deeper meaning. It makes you
think of how things must be completed before the man’s death (implied by sleep). You then
go through the poem again, seeking the deeper meaning with a newfound curiosity and if you
look hard enough, you’ll find it: be it something plausibly visible to all or something one
applies (or conjures and relates to) his or her personal lives. –The Professor TNy
In the modern world, man is left with no time to enjoy the breathtaking beauties of nature.
Nature presents man with a multitude of her creations, the enjoying of which will relieve him
of his tedious daily care and anxiety. It is when they are enjoyed to the fill by somebody that
a creator of beautiful things gets his relish. At the same time, even if he decides, a man now
cannot spend too much time for enjoying the beauties of nature. In the past he certainly could,
as Time was cosmic when there was only dawn, noon and dusk. But now time is machine-
made and measured in seconds. He has so many duties to perform, besides. So singing the

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