Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" at first glance seems like a relatively simple poem, however when taken apart, the underlying the underlying message is very powerful. On the surface, this poem is simplicity itself. The speaker is stopping by some woods on a snowy evening. He or she takes in the scene, is tempted to stay longer, but acknowledges his/her obligations and considerable distance yet to be traveled before he/she can rest for the night. However, when read over numerous times the poems underlying theme of death and suicide show through.

Poetry is more than simply rhyming words, it is a different way of expressing one's ideas and feelings on a subject, which requires much thought as to what words should be used and what should be omitted. Both Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg used similar writing techniques to convey their underlying themes of death in their poems "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and "Anna Imroth." Though these literary devices were not used identically, both authors used techniques such as vivid images, figurative language, and symbols to convey their thoughts to the reader. The use of poetic devices not only shows the reader the skill of the poet, but it also enhances a work thus making it more enjoyable to read and easier for the reader to jump into the work with all of his/her emotion; the way poetry should be read.

Just as displayed in Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" the underlying theme of death is also present in Carl Sandburg's poem "Anna Imroth." In the first two lines of the poem Sandburg clues the reader into the fact that the poem involves death by saying "Cross the hands over the breast here-so," and "Straighten the legs a little more-so." (Sandburg p.16) These lines basically describe a person being placed into a casket by an undertaker for a funeral. The "wagon" in the poem is representative of a hearse, which is the car used to transport the casket to the cemetery, which is also a symbol of death. T

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