The circumstances surrounding the composition of Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" explain his use of the "darkest evening of the year", which is closely, related it to the greater theme of perseverance in the face of hardship.
Frost wrote this poem, in November 1923; on the same late night he finished his book New Hampshire. Being a little excited from getting over-tired, he decided to venture out into the wilderness, probably to calm down. Frost hitched his horse to a sleigh and left on his journey to eventually find the "Woods" in this poem. Being in an auto intoxicated state; the scene of the woods beside the frozen lake mesmerized Frost. He eventually broke out of his t
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