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Jayatee Bhattacharya, Lovely Professional University Unit 8: Aesthetic Appreciation of Texts: Poems

unit 8: aesthetic appreciation of texts: Poems notes

contents

Objectives
Introduction
8.1 Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening
8.1.1 About the Poet
8.1.2 Summary and Analysis of the Poem
8.1.3 Keywords

8.1.4 Review Questions
8.2 Ozymandias
8.2.1 About the Poet
8.2.2 Summary and Analysis of the Poem

8.2.3 Keywords
8.2.4 Review Questions

objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
l Realise the theme of the poems – ‘Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening’ and
‘Ozymandias’
l Appreciate the aesthetic beauty of the poems

introduction

A poem is a piece of writing that partakes of the nature of both speech and song, and that is
usually rhythmical and metaphorical. It conveys ideas, experiences and emotions. In this unit we
will read two such poems: ‘Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening’ and ‘Ozymandias’.
‘Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening’ is one of Robert Frost’s most well known poems.
Like most of Frost’s poems, this poem can be read on several levels. This is one of those poems
that will make you applaud the surface meaning, which is beautifully suggestive and think about
the hidden meaning.
‘Ozymandias’ is a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley. In this poem, the poet brings out the
uselessness of human pride. He considers it madness. The poet talks about the broken statue of
King Ozymandias lying in the desert.

8.1 stopping by the Woods on a snowy evening

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;

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