"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is a much happier and more upbeat poem than "Desert Places". This poem is about stopping to enjoy life or as the cliche goes, stopping to smell the roses. "But I have promises to keep,/ and miles to go before I sleep". The speaker in this poem was a very busy man who always had obligations to fulfill and places to go. A feeling of regret is present. The man would like to stay and enjoy this private nature scene longer but he knows that he has other things to do. Again, Frost gives us a beautiful nature scene but this time we enjoy welcome solitude. "The woods are lovely, dark and deep". This poem expresses the joy of nature. The speaker seems concerned about what the rest of society would think about him just stopping in the middle of nowhere for no apparent reason. His horse represents society. "My little horse must think it queer/ To stop without a farmhouse near". He admits that just stopping does seem odd. He is also somewhat concerned about the man who owns the woods. The man almost feels guilty for looking so lovingly at this other man's woods. "He will not see me stopping here/ To watch his woods fill up with snow". I think that the speakers life may be a little better off since he stopped to take a deep breath and enjoy all that really matters, the simple things.

ept for the unfeeling snow and his lonely thoughts. The speaker in this poem is jealous of the woods. "The woods around it have it - it is theirs." The woods symbolizes people and society. They have something that belongs to them, somet

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