" The character seems to be feeling guilty, or afraid of the authority figure and drops his eyes to the watchman because of this. But why would he feel guilty or afraid? Again, a mysterious hint.

             Also projected by these poems is a sense of darkness, which goes hand in hand with the mystery in these poems. The titles of these poems alone suggest darkness. Let me ask you one question; what time of day is the most mysterious? Of course the "Evening" or "Night" is the most mysterious time of day. But Frost does not stop here in emphasizing darkness in these poems. "The darkest evening of the year." This selection from "Stopping by Woods in a Snowy Evening," amplifies even more the sense of darkness in these poems. Why is this evening "the darkest of the year?" Night is night no doubt. But what makes this evening so dark? Is it so dark because the cloud cover from the snowfall is blocking out the moon and stars, desecrating the available light? If this is true, then how could there be enough light to "watch his woods fill up with snow," to see that there is "[no] farmhouse near," or that "the woods are lovely, dark and deep?" Maybe it is not that the evening is dark in the sense of night versus day, but maybe it is a personification of how the character feels. Perhaps the character has hit a low point in their life and this is why the character describes the night as "The darkest," i.e. the lowest or saddest, "evening of the year." From "Acquainted with the Night," Frost"s character mentions, "I have outwalked the furthest city light." When the character states that he have "outwalked the furthest city light" it projects a very strong and large sense of darkness. During the night, the brightest light may be from a city, and to "outwalk" this strong light, the character must walk very far, hence, "furthest.