I don't like the poem because I don't like poetry in general. They are really had for me to understand and comprehend what I have read. From 1st grade to know I am still struggling but have gotten better. In 1st grade I could not write a poem at all. I was the worst person in the class at writing poems. They always have given me trouble. I think the theme of the story is some people can write what they see. I think this because Robert frost said that he had wrote about what he thought was a hallucination. This shows that he was writing a dream. He looked as if he had been sick and could have been hallucinating and just wrote down what he was seeing in his hallucination. This is the reason why I think that the theme of the poem is some people write what they see. But I would rather read the poem because you can re-read any parts that you didn't understand. With a person talking you can’t rewind them and have that person repeat the sentence. This is why I would rather read the poem than have it read to me.
I really like this poem because it had a lot of normal stuff in it but it describes how beautiful it looks. the meaning of this (i think) is that you can enjoy life as it comes, even in the hardest of times. I did because it says he has miles to go (in the snow) before he gets home. i think this is a pretty hard thing to do because think of dragging your feet though the snow! it's pretty hard to do that right? well imagine you are doing it for MILES!
The video I can understand a little but the poem he wrote i couldn't really understand as much as the video i guess its easier for to understand if someone reads to me it a lot clearer then when I try and do it myself. I really enjoy writing poems I done it throughout sixth grade and a little in seventh grade I think their kinda fun to do. Just wondering is he even still alive.
After reading and listening to the poem by Robert Frost. I noticed that some authors and poets like Robert Frost really incorporate themes like the theme of be happy with what you have an own. I think that Robert Frost was writing this poem, he really wanted to keep this theme in mind because it's a really easy way of showing people how the environment and place you live in change in a matter of minutes and/or days. You can really see this in Robert Frost's poem when he started talking about when he was coming back home and everything was covered in the white snow and how it was so much is different from the day before when he was walking down the same street. I think that authors use other examples of this theme but I think that common examples that most people can really relate to and see what's best for them to learn and take away from the story or poem. I think when authors use these kinds of themes in their pieces of work I think that this is the biggest motivator or point for them to write that story work on etc. In conclusion I think that that is why many authors not just Robert Frost write books or stories or poems etc. with themes that can let people relate and let the people that read the stories and poems take away from.
I think this poem is very deep and I think that Robert Frost has had some kind of vision about something in his life. Nevertheless, Robert has written a very nice poem.
I personally think that it was a good poem. The only problem is that I didn't understand the poem. I don't understand it because I don't know why it was written. I can't seem to know or find the theme. I have written poems but not as powerful and meaningful as Robert Frost's poems! I still enjoyed listening to it though.
I just happen to agree with abc123comewithme because can you imagine going through miles upon miles of snow!? I would be cold. Even though I didn't understand the poem, I did know at some point what it was talking about. I can't EVER see myself walking miles and miles in snow. I usually don't even go outside because I get cold very fast.
I like this poem because it really seems to have a sense of imagery in it. The way it talks about the snow falling down and how its on the trees and how all that makes it beautiful. When I first read this, I could easily picture all of the snow and the horse he was on all in my imagination, as well as the woods where he was.
I really did love this poem. I love this poem because it was like Robert Frost took my eyes from my childhood of the second day of winter when then snow would lay softly on the ground. It was like he had took my visions and put them in a poem. So It really feels like I can connect with this. So therefore I really like this poem because I can connect to it.
AnCh373 I agree with you. This is because the biggest reason why I liked this poem was because of it's imagery. I really added the effect of the night. Also just like you said how it makes the trees and snow beautiful it really adds to the effect and helps me connect to it. So therefore since it has such good imagery I like it even more.
AnCh373 I agree with you. This is because the biggest reason why I liked this poem was because of it's imagery. I really added the effect of the night. Also just like you said how it makes the trees and snow beautiful it really adds to the effect and helps me connect to it. So therefore since it has such good imagery I like it even more.
@abc123comewithme I agree with you because i think that the poems and stories etc. that come out years before us were made so the people of that time period can understand. I think that when some of us watched or listened to this poem we were confused and didn't get a grip on what he was saying because it was hard to comprehend. I think that when technology changed and as we get more to a spot were we can not understand a lot of things, compared to people years a go. If you just compare our english and how we act and talk to about a few hundred years back its a completely different story. I think the more people get addicted to their technology that this will continue to grow and the children of tomorrow will be shooting for C's not A's in school really changing the amount they know. Therefore that is why i think that some of us can not understand what Robert Frost was writing.
@panther502 I think that you are right; the theme is a little hard to understand at first. In fact I had to listen to it 2 times to get my meaning out of it! So for you [panther502] I recommend that you listen to it again and see if it makes better sense the 2nd time.
I don't like the poem that much and I love poetry because it was just making a setting, there was no meaning, lesson, moral, motivation. There wasn't any "color" in the text. By color I mean enthusiasm. Therefore, I do not like this poem because there is no heart-touching meaning to the text.
@Man on the Moon I disagree with you because the imaginary was bland, boring, and short. The sentences seemed rather a little choppy. The whole poem didn't amaze me at all. And, I for one, adore poetry. Therefore, I disagree with you because the imagining the setting was rather bland and it was all predictable. I wasn't amazed.
I thought that the video of Robert Frost reciting his poem was more effective than just the poem by itself. I think this because in the video, Robert Frost reads it the way that he wrote it in his head, the way that he interpreted it, and I thought that was important because for the most part, poetry is written about something that the author either feels strongly about or is passionate. This to me was more effective and clear than just reading the text.
@AnCh373 I like this poem too because it had good imagery in it. An example of this is the way it described the snow falling down and how it was on the trees. When I first read this, I could easily picture all of the snow and the rest of the imagery.
I didn't like the poem because when I read it it made me think it was saying that you can choose what you want to do but you can't choose what happens to you. It says, 'It begins in delight, it inclines to the impulse..... ....and ends in a clarification of life–not necessarily a great clarification." To me that meant that you can't always control what happens, and everything isn't always going to turn out perfect. That might not have been what Frost meant for people to get out of it, but to me, I didn't like what I thought the meaning was, so therefore I did't like the poem.
I think this poem was very well written. To me it reminds us to enjoy the simple things in life, even though reality sometimes makes this difficult. In Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", it describes how this man could have simply watch the snow fall and enjoy nature, but he said "I have promises to keep and I have many miles to go before I sleep". Therefore, to me this poem by Robert Frost reminds me to enjoy the simple things in life, even though obligations and work can say otherwise.
@Jessm I disagree with you when you say that you disliked "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" because your interpretation of it was that you can't always control your fate and everything being perfect. For example, it is impossible for you to control your own fate. There are simply to many other forces in the universe to allow you to dictate exactly how you want to live your life. Nothing is perfect, and life isn't fair. For these reasons must I disagree wtih you when you say that you dislike this poem by Robert Frost because you thought the message was that your life will not always turn out exactly how you want it.
I really liked this poem. To me, it seemed to be very unique and creative. I was able to picture and imagine everything in my head as Robert Frost was reciting it in the video. Also, in my opinion, it is much better to hear a poem, rather than just read it. This is because if you read a poem like this one, it just seems like any other poem. Words on paper with a bunch of rhymes. Most people would probably read it with a very dull voice, making nothing exciting. By hearing a poem, on the other hand, you can really interpret things better and actually hear the enthusiasm and interesting tone of the poet. This makes you want to actually listen to the poem, instead of reading it and not getting much meaning out of it.
@ZAMZAM, I agree with you. You said that in the video, he reads it the way he wrote it in his head. I think this is very true. Robert Frost reads his poem the way it was meant to be heard. However, some people may not take it in like that. If they were reading the poem, they probably wouldn't know that he wrote it to be read the way it was supposed to be read. The readers might think it should have been read in their own way. They could make the content in the poem a lot more boring just by reading it in a certain way.
I think that it is better to hear a poem coming from the creator's own mouth than reading it. It is always nice to read a poem, but the author always makes it better. The author makes the poem, sometimes to tell a message, and the message and the emotion it shows can only be represented by the author, not by just any reader. The author is the one who made the poem and understands his work, so he is the only one truely touched by the poem. Therefore, since the emotion of the poem can only be expressed by the author, I prefer hearing the poem from the author than reading it myself.
@ U dont know me, I do not agree with you that this poem is boring, but I think that the poem is very good. I think that you don't understand the poem because you did not write it, so it is harder to see the poem's purpose. As the author is the true person who wrote the poem, he is the true person that understands it as well. The author shows his feelings and expressions in a poem, so it maybe harder for someone else to understand, because they are the one who really gets it. Anyone can understand a poem, but maybe not like the author does. Therefore, I don't agree that the poem is boring, but is very good.
I think that it is better to read the poem. I thnk it is better to read the poem ecause you can make it sound how you want it to sound. By using your own voice and tone you can create any type of emotion the poem could reflect off. I would not want to hear the poem because every one would think of it the same way because it would be in the same voice tone.
I very much disagree with you. I thnk it is better o read a poem because it does not just sound like a normal poem it sounds unique. Also not all poems rhyme some just mean something important and that would make them a poem and how unique it is. Also The one thing I do agrewe with you on is that his poem is very uniqe and creative. everything he said had some sort of meaning to it.
@ZAMZAM I agree with you because when you read a poem, you try to come up with a tone to say it to yourself so that you can imagine it. I know this because as read the poem to myself, it was harder to imagine it than when I heard Robert Frost saying it out loud because it made it easier to interpret it as he thought it in his own head, as you said.
I think the theme of this poem is some people understand that one stop can really leave an impression on a person. I think this because in his poem Robert Frost talked about a forest he watched as the snow covered it.He described in detail how beautiful the wood and surrounding setting were. And even though he had may things do he took a moment to stopped. The woods even made him think of other times. This shows the difference that one stop can make.
I disagree with Avacodo because i do not think it is better to hear a poem spoken by the writer than actually reading it. I think this because although there is some value in hearing the author saying the poem you get more out of reading it. For example reading it will give you more time to think of the deeper meaning to each line. After hearing the poem i went to another site and read it. I got a whole new deeper meaning.
I didn't find the poem very interesting, and it didn't mean much to me. I got that a poem forms naturally not by force, but the connections didn't make sense at all.
I agree that it is better to read a poem. I prefer to read a poem before someone reads it to me, or just read it myself. Though hearing it just from yourself may feel better, hearing it from others can change your look on things.
I preferred listening to Robert Frost say the poem, than actually reading the poem. I preferred this because it was easier finding the tone of the poem when he was reading it to us, rather than just reading it in my head in my own tone. Also, it made it clearer for what he was trying to say. I thought there were many themes, including universal themes like death and beauty; but one theme I thought he was trying to get across was to stop and enjoy nature. I thought this was the theme because I’m pretty sure it was about a man on his horse going home and stopped to realize the beautiful snow. Therefore, I liked this poem because was deep, creative and made the reader think.
I disagree with you @usawildcat11 because I thought that it was better to hear Robert Frost read the poem to us. I thought this because he made it clearer to hear his tone of the story. Sure, when reading the poem you can make up your own tone but I think hearing his tone would effect a lot of your intemperance on the true meaning on the theme and story.
I think that it is better to hear a poem ratter then read it. I think this because it allows you to hear the author-Robert Frost- voice. It also allows you to hear the tone of his voice as he recited the poem, which makes the reader hear how he felt about the poem, and why he created the poem. Also it makes understand how much he was enjoyed stopping by the woods on a snowy evening! As you can see, I think it is much better to hear a poem rather than just reading it to yourself.
@WOOLEYWAM. I agree with you that listening to Robert Frost say the poem is better then actually reading it. You stated that it made it clearer for what he was trying to say, which I agree with, and also you said that you thought he was trying to get across was to stop and enjoy nature, which is something that I also agree with. Since the title of the poem is, "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening," so this is another reason why he would be talking about nature. This is many reasons why I agree with your statement.
I did like this poem because when I first read the poem, I really didn't understand what he was saying; until I heard Robert read it. Also in the poem it says "It runs a course of lucky events, and ends in a clarification of life." This to me says everyone can get lucky, but in the real world you can't decide what happens to you. Therefore I liked this poem because it was creative and when he read it out loud I heard it the way Robert Frost thought of in his head.
@ZAMZAM I agree with you because listening to Robert Frost read the poem, I could tell that he was reading the way it sounded in his head. Also it was easier to understand the poem when Robert read it.
I liked this poem but it was kind of confusing unless you read it more then once. I think it is better to hear the poem because you can hear the emotions and the feelings in his voice. I think the theme is distractions. This is because it expalins how likes the snow and looking at the view but can't stop and get distracted because he has a promise to keep.
I don't really think that there is a difference between when I read the poem on my own to when I hear Robert Frost read the poem. I get to imagine the tone and theme on my own, rather than listen to how robert Frost interpreted his own writing. I think that the theme is about nature and how everyone needs to enjoy the nature that surrounds them.
I think that the theme of this poem is some people will do anything to get a great result. I think this because in the poem it said,"he stayed up all night. This proves that Robert frost was willing to miss a whole night of sleep to make a great poem, like this one. I found that this peom was very interesting and taught me a great lessen.
Kate O. I agree with you hearing him read it because his voice/ tone expained how he felt about the poem and why he created it. You could hear in his voice what he was feeling and how wanted the poem to turn out. You could hear his emotions throuout the whole poem. Therefor it is easier to understand when he reads it.
Lauren said... Every one can get lucky is what the poem is saying according to one of the lines in the poem. I agree one of the statments in the poam was "It runs a couse of lucky events, and ends in a claification." This shows everyone can be lucky at some point in there life.
@MarissaS I agree with you that in order to completely understand the poem you have to read it more than once. I disagree with you that hearing the poem gives more emotion than reading it. I think when you get to read it in your head you feel more attached to the poem.
@ Emma I agree that Robert Frost must have really been determined to write this poem. Like you said he stayed up all night probably thinking of an idea. When the sun rose, the narration said he got an idea so vivid it was almost like a hallucination. He probably had been thinking of an idea for so long that he began to imagine things and then he got the idea. Also the poem had many details which means Frost put a lot of effort into making this poem.
I think hearing Robert Frost read the poem was easier and more beneficial to listen to than reading it yourself. When the author reads his/her own creation, they set the tone of the poem/story/etc better than if you read it yourself. Also when the author reads it, they know when to pause or put emphasis on certain words. In addition, the author puts rhythm into the poem that is personally hard to find when I read a poem. Overall Robert Frost makes the poem have spirit which gives it more meaning than if you read it yourself.
I think it is better to read a poem than listen to someone recite it. This is because when you are listening to someone read it, it is easier to get distracted by their voice, appearance, etc. When you are reading a poem, you can reflect on the words, pause when you want to, and give it your own feelings. The purpose of a poem is to let your mind engulf it with your own creativity, not someone else. This is why I think it is better if you read the poem yourself.
I agree with Marissa S when you said that it was kind of confusing unless you read it more than once. The first time I read it I had no idea what it meant, or what it was even talking about. When I read it a second time I had to read it slowly to get what each line was saying, before I could comprehend what it was saying. Therefore, i didn't understand the poem until I read it more than once.
I liked the poem and thought it ment that you can't go doing something for please when there is stuff to be done. In the poem he said,"The woods are beatuiful, but I have many miles before I can sleep." He wanted to stay and enjoy the woods but he has to get home. Enjoying the woods is a please, but getting home to your family, your friends is much more imporant.
@Kevin 0 I agree with you because I also think that it is better to read a poem than have someone read it to you. Like you said, if you don't understand what the person says because of the grammar or voice, you would have to keep rewinding it over and over and over again and even when you do this, you are not guaranteed to understand it. If you read a poem by your self, you will only have grammar understanding problems and you can keep rereading it which is much easier than rewinding.
I agree with Michelle R. when you said that when authors read his/her own creation they read at a better tone then you would reading it yourself. I agree because sometimes when you read someone else's work, you don't always get it, or understand it, because it didn't come from your mind, so you might not see what they're saying. So I agree when you say it's helpful to hear a piece of work from it's author. Although I disagree with you when you said that for this particular poem it was beneficial to listen to Robert Frost read his poem to understand it. After listening to him read his poem, I still didn't understand what he meant. It may have been the poor video quality or that I didn't hear a change of tome or emotion, but listening to him read it didn't help me understand. Therefore I disagree.
I believe it is better to read the poem than hear it because you can really focus on the word choice. When listening to the poem I could not hear everything Robert Frost was saying and I lost the meaning of what he was saying. In poetry word choice is extremely important so it is better to read it so you can catch every single word. In my opinion the poem has a sense of lonliness to it because the speaker is alone in the empty woods. There is also a theme of duty because he likes to see the lovely woods but has to go because he has "miles to go before I sleep." Therefore I believe that the poem is better to read because of the attention payed to word choice and duty because the speaker can't stay in the woods.
@Avocado I disagree that you feel more emotion through the reader and that it is better to hear a poem because I did not feel emotion listening to Robert Frost. Frost's voice was hard to unnderstand so even though I could take most of the words, with parts missing I could not feel the whole poem and all the emotion in it. When reading the poem I was engulfed in a wave of emotion. The best way to experience a poem I believe, is to heare it with a copy of the words before you so that you are reading along with the poet who knows how he or she wanted they poem conveyed. I conclusion, I disagree that it is best to hear the poem because you may loose all the words but you do hear it the way the poem wanted so therefore you should read along with the poet.
When it comes to april it's usally poem month and Robert Frost really put creativty in this poem . I think that this poem should be read on paper enot be read to.
G-man : I agree that read on paper is better because you can understand everything if you see the words in front of you espically if you are a visual person.
I enjoyed the poem becasue it made me think. I dont know why but this made me think of slavery, and then the natural beutys of life. so i guess the theme would be goodthings come when you wait beause he said a few more miles till he could sleep this is why i liked it and what i thought the theme was
i do not agree with "youjustgotcearved" because when you hear someone recite the poem than it can help you decide: is this a happy poem, sad, or funny, just by the tone and pitch of their voice. This is why i don't agree with "youjustgotcearved"
I did not like the poem because it wasn't very interesting to me. I think the theme of this poem is that: Some people can enjoy the small things in life. I think this because in the poem, it says, "The darkest evening of the year". But later on, it says, "Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark and deep." This shows that this person finds beauty in each snowflake and the forest even though it's the darkest evening of the year. That's why I think the theme of this poem is: Some people can enjoy the small things in life.
I think that the theme is that all people would like a place where they would not have to worry about other people but cannot get it because of the way the author writes the traveler's thoughts and describes the woods. The traveler thinks: "The woods look lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep." This shows that the thought of being alone in his safe place is tempting, but he has agreed to things he can't back out of now. It will be long before he can do anything for himself because he is in debt for other people. This is why I think the theme of this poem is that all people would like a place where they would not have to worry about other people but cannot get it.
@WOOLEYWAM I do not agree with you that listening to Robert Frost say the poem was easier than reading it. I say this because I thought it was easier to read it. It was hard to understand him in the video because the audio quality wasn't very good. Also, if you read the poem, you could go back and reread a part you don't understand. You can't do this if you listen to him. That's why I disagree with you.
I thought this poem sounded better read aloud because when i read it the first time i didnt understand it and was confused but when it was read to me it sounded poetic and beautiful to listen to.
After reading this poem (or technically listening to it) I rally enjoyed it. The aspect that was the most effective to me was the way Robert Frost told the poem like it was a long journey. It seemed as if he put more emphasis into certain parts than others and that is what stood out to me. I thought the theme was that people will not always wait around for what is going to happen, they will move on. I thought that this was the theme because the poem is talking about how Frost will not wait 'to watch his woods fill up with snow' which I think is saying that he won't wait for something that he has seen and for something that he is not sure of. I thought it was much easier to understand the poem listening to it because Frost helped portray the reason for the poem.
@ZAMZAM, i agree with you that it was way more effective when we heard Robert Frost reading his story than us just reading it. I think that it helped portray his ideas and like you said, showed what he was thinking in his head when he wrote the poem. Also, I agree with you that him reading it gave the poem more life and passion than you or me just reading it to ourselves.
I think that it would've been better to read the poem, rather than to hear it because it can be harder to understand when listening. For example, if you read a poem, you can read it at your own pace, and go back if you don't understand a part. When listening though, it's harder to go back if you hear something because you don't know when the speaker said it, and also, the voice of the speaker, which in this case is Robert Frost, was a little hard to hear, or understand because it wasn't completely clear, even when turning the volume all the way up. Therefore, I would've preffered to read this poem because it would've been easier to hear and understand rather than listening to someone else reading it out loud.
@ chris g I disagree that it's easier to listen to someone reading out loud because I don't think you can hear the emotion that the poem is supposed to capture. I personally thought that Frost didn't have a much of a tone when speaking, and if any, it was on the happier side. But if you saw some other comments, people didn't think the poem was happy! Therefore, I disagree with you because you can't hear the emotion when Robert Frost was speaking because it almost sounded monotone.
@chris g I think it's perfectly normal to think of slavery and the beauties of life from this poem because the way he talks about himself and the woods your description fits him well. This is because he describes the woods as being "lovely, dark and deep" showing that he apriciates their grandness and beauty. He also states that he has "promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep.", showing that he would like to do something else but it will be a long time before he does because he is under the influence of someone else. Both of those things are the beauties of nature and slaver, which is why it is perfectly understandable that you should think of these things while reading the poem.
I like this poem becasue it is very discribtive. I think that this is very describtive becasue he really discribed what he was seeing and feeling when the snow was coming down. I really like all type of writing that is describtive becasue that is very good author's craft. That is why I enjoyed this peom
@AnCh373 I agree with you when you said that the poem was very describtive. This is because I also thught that it was desribitve and made me feel like I was watching what was going on in the peom. Also, I agree with you when you said that you thought that this poem was beautiful. I think that this is beautiful because all type of nature to me is very beautiful and somethig as peacful as snow makes it beautiful. that is why I agreee with your comment.
I did not like this poem. This is because it was hard to understand what Robert Frost was trying to explain to us. I also didn't like this poem because I am not much of a poet kind of guy. I believe that the theme is all people must enjoy life as it is. I think this because in the poem Robert Frost talks about how beautiful the falling snow is. The poem is better to read rather than to hear. This is because Robert Frost is old and has a scratchy voice while reading it. When you read the poem yourself you can change the voice to be whoever you want it to be. That is why I did not like this poem.
I agree. This is because I cannot write poetry for my life, so I think that anything poetic is better than whatever I write. This poem does describe how he could have sat back, watch the snow fall, and enjoy nature as it is. This poem does remind me to enjoy the simplicity of things in life. That is why I agree with you u don't know me.
I think the purpose of this poem is to describe the beauty of the woods, and nature in general. Robert Frost says, "The only other sound's the sweep of easy wind and downy flake". This is a very descriptive way of showing how the wind and snow in the woods looked like. It shows how nice the woods must have looked. Many people would not have realized the beauty of the nature. Therefore, I think the theme of this poem is "Most people do not realize the true beauty in life".
@ abc123comewithme I agree with you that the purpose of the poem is that everyone should enjoy life as it comes at you. I agree with you because even though he has miles and miles more to travel before he can sleep, he stops to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the woods. The poem says, "To watch his woods fill up with snow". Robert Frost is describing how he is enjoying the nice scenery, even though he has a hard journey ahead of him. Therefore, the purpose of this poem is to make people enjoy life minute by minute, even in hard times.
I think the meaning of this poem is to do some elaboration on what the outdoors meant to Frost. This is because he talks about the outside, but doesnt elaborate much and he doesnt give us a good sensory image. I am not a fan of poetry, so therefore I wasnt estatic about this. I dont like poetry because, I love long, adventerous novels. This is because you could be hooked after reading the 5th chapter. The theme I chose for this poem is, " Most people dont realize that Earth's beautys are right in there backyard". This is because he talks about the outdoors and how he is enjoying them. Those are my thoughts on the poem by Robert Frost.
@ JMM126... I agree with you. I agree with you because when you say, "There wasn't any "color" in the text. By color I mean enthusiasm." I think this to because it was plain, but had some description. That is why I agree with you and your thoughts on Robert Frost's poems.
I think it is better to read it then hear it.The reason I think this is because when reading you can read at your own pace but when listening when you missed something you missed something because you could always look back when reading but not when you are hearing something.
I think the theme is people have goals to keep them going and plan to complete them before they pass on. The reason I think this is because In the begining He refered to someone that passed on and in the end he said he had miles to go before he could sleep which means he had a lot of goals to complete before he passed on.
I believe that the theme to this poem was that everyone has there own place of bliss. In this case Robert Frost's place were the woods. After all the video had said that he wrote it after staying up all night, so he looked out and saw some beauty that had inspired him to write of a blissful place where he could escape. Robert Frost had written this on a summer day, and his poem had taken place in winter. Therefore I believe that the theme to this poem was that everyone has there own peaceful place that they can escape to whenever. And I also feel that by having the actual author read the poem, you can hear the real mood that the author wanted you to get out of it. With poems, (and other types of writing) messages can become obscurred, or come across differently then intended. So by having the author read it, you are also sent on a journey because of the way the mood is put. I found that as Robert Frost was reading his poem it had sounded like he was getting lost, and in a trans as he read the part of watching the snow cover the lovley woods, and then I could hear when he was trying to pull himself away from being in that trans by reading, "But I have promises to keep".
I liked this poem because I could imagine every line he said. Even though I don't like most poems, this one stands out because it was very descriptive. I like it better when I hear the poem because the person who is reciting it puts feeling into it which shows me a better picture of it. That's why I really liked this poem.
@marktex5025 I disagree with you because the writer of the poem uses the right pace and tone for the poem which describes whats happening. Also, you said that Frost's voice wasn't clear which isn't true. I was able to make out each word in the poem. That's why I disagree with your thoughts on the poem.
i think that it is better to read a poem then to hear it. i think that this is because if you read it, you can reread it and then make an understanding of it. if you hear it, you might only bbe ableto understand some of it and not all of it.
My opinion is that it is better to listen to a poem than to read it. I think this because when you read it you can make your voice different tones so you can quite literally create a story from your mouth.
@DisneyDanc&More I disagree with you. Even though when you read it you can go back and re-read it if you didn't understand it, reading is not the best way to deliver a poem. When you listen to it you can hear them and the tone in their voice so not only will you interpret it you will also be able to see how the reader/author interprets the writing.
For me personally I think when the author reads his or hers poem aloud he or she will express and emphasize different words or phrases that he or she thought to be important. This can be a good thing when trying to understand the authors feelings and the overall theme he or she thought it out to be or the purpose of their writing, But when you read a poem to yourself I think it is to be more personal and you can emphasize and leave out any part you want to so you can figure out your own theme that applies.
I agree with this statement, "It is always nice to read a poem, but the author always makes it better. The author makes the poem, sometimes to tell a message, and the message and the emotion it shows can only be represented by the author, not by just any reader." because it basically says the author was the one who created it and knows its purpose and theme but the poem is a perfect stranger to the reader. But i think sometimes having a new unknown piece of writing in front of you makes your mind wander and wonder beyond what the authors intentions were making the reader develop his or her own take on the theme of the poem. So i believe there is both a good and bad to reading the poem yourself because it unlocks new themes and meanings that the author did not intentionally put there.
I think it is better to hear a poem hen the person that wrote it is reading it to you because hen you can hear the poem the way that they rote it and they can stress the important parts. But If you cant get the person that wrote it to read it to you then it would be better to read it yourself because then you can read it the way you want.
I think that is much better to hear the poem than read it yourself. Sometimes, poems have to be seen if you don't understant it or some of the words are complex. This poem specifically wasn't to difficult to understand, and was really interesting to see it read by the original author of it. As a few people had said, it lets the poet read it the way that it was supposed to be read. That is why I think that it was better to have the poem read to you by someone who know's what they're doing.
I agree with your comment. You said that they can stress the important parts. I also believe that;when it is read to you by the original author, then he can stress the things that have to be stressed, and the way that the poem turns out might be completely different. That is why I agree with you completely.
I think that the author makes the poem better. They can make the poem have lots of feeling because they wrote it. They wouldn't write about something that they don't care about so there must be some meaning behind it. So when you hear them say it the important parts stand out and it makes it more interesting.
This poem had a nice connotation of the words. At the end, he says, "The only other sound's the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake."When I hear the word sweep it creates imagery for me, and it also helps pull to the smooth, sad tone. I really enjoyed when it was read to me because the growling of Robert's voice, and the scratching also helped to pull off the deep, glum mood. The inflection and the lowness of his voice seemed to smooth out the poem and make it flow from one verse to the other. I really enjoyed the connotation and smoothness of this deep poem.
I agree that Robert Frost made normal, everyday objects seem so beautiful with the words he described them with. I also agree with the theme, that everything is beautiful, you just have to look closely. For example when he says, "To watch his woods fill up with snow" It takes and everyday place, like the snowy woods, and describes it by using the word fill, and it creates the beautiful imagery in my mind of a quiet forest, with soft flakes of snow slowly building up from the ground. I really enjoyed how Robert Frost described the objects to make them seem beautiful.
I think that Robert Frost has many great works of art and he was an amazing poet, but some of his poems are quite difficult to receive the whole meaning them. This poem in particular was hard for me to grasp the complete message, and therefore, left me on the confused side. I personally prefer to read poems, than for people to read them to me. The video I watched was quite hard to understand, considering the quality and how old it was, let alone how old Robert was. I prefer much more to read the poem to myself, so I can understand it fully and really soak in the details. Also, personally, this is just not one of my favorite pieces by him.
@Ali M I agree with you. When he speaks, his tone helps you understand more of the poem on how he describes it and how he physically says the words. A lot of his poems can create imagery in your head. The unique details that he plots into the poems really liven the poem and help you understand it more.
I prefer listening to Robert Frost read poems because I can really get a feel for what the tone of his writing is and how he intended for it to sound. I think that this is an important thing to know in a piece of writing. It is much more difficult to find these things out when you actually read the stories as opposed to listening. This is why I prefer listening to the poem over reading it.
@AnCh373 I agree with you that this poem uses imagery very well. When he [Robert Frost] described the setting perfectly, I was amazed at how well he used this particular writing trick. This was not the only one, though. He also used some good repetition for effect. "Miles to go before I sleep, miles to go before I sleep." is how he used good repetition for effect. This sinks into you better than just saying it once. All of this is why I agree with you that he uses great imagery and other techniques.
I really liked the poem because it could have had several scenarios. For example, the poem could have been describing a person's life. The woods up ahead could be the narrator's life; wide, unlit, and untouched. The snow filling up the woods could be some of his past decisions already planning his future. The promises he has to keep could be promises that he made and must keep forever. Instead of looking at the lines "And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep" as the actual narrator going to sleep, it could describe as how he is going to live to a ripe, old age before he dies or "sleeps."
This leads me to think that reading the actual poem is better.
@StephanieZ. I disagree with you because you said, "I think it is much better to hear the poem than read it yourself." This is because if someone else reads the poem to you, you can create an image of the poem based on the reader's voice. If you read it yourself, you can create an image of what you think the poem is. This also allows you to figure out what the poem is talking about without too much difficulty.
I really liked this poem because in my opinion it was very soothing. There was something about the way the words flowed when put together that made me feel very calm. I felt like this poem was very relaxing. I feel like it is better to hear a poem because then you know how the author wants it to be read. In a poem, if you don't read it the correct way, it ends up sounding dull and weird and just plain uninteresting. The poet could want you to read it with spaces at certain points and such but you wouldn't know that because the poet is not there to tell you how to read it.
@KirillR98, I agree with you that this poem could have many different scenarios becuase of all the metaphors and expressions he uses in it. Jack Frost could have a little hidden message in his poems, you just have to figure out what he's actually trying to say. Underneath all the words is a deeper meaning.
I think that it is better to read a poem than hear it because when you see the poem, you're getting more out of the poem than if you just heard it. The poem is more in your mind, and you'll understand it better.
@No I agree that this poem is very deep. It had a lot more to it, you could see how Robert Frost was thinking and what his vision was. It wasn't just something he put together.
I liked the poem. It had lots of metaphors in it, but overall described a snowy evening (specifically the Winter Solstice) pretty well. It also made it easy to imagine that you were watching the snow fall, because he didn't use too much description, so you could make it your house, watching the snow fall out your window. So overall, it was a very good poem.
I agree with ShyWolf23, because he/she says that it basically says that the guy thinks that the woods are beautiful, but he can't watch them for too long because he had to get home. I think that the poem does explain that pretty well, and makes you feel sad for him because he can't enjoy the natural beauty of the woods.
I really liked this poem by Robert Frost because I think that what he is trying to say is to be happy. He says,"It begins in delight and ends in wisdom." I feel like this line is showing that you can be happy and wise. I think that it is telling how everything you do can always start in delight. At first this poem was very hard to understand, but when you read it a couple of times it made more sense in my head and helped me understand the true meaning of what it meant.
I agree with @AnCh373 because I also agree that this poem has imagery in it because as I was reading about the snow and the woods and everything it just put a clear picture into my mind about everything that was happening and going on. It painted a picture in my head of everything he said and the way he said things really helped also.
I actually really liked this poem by Robert Frost because the imagery in it is fantastic. In the poem it states, "The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom. The figure is the same as for love. No one can really hold that the ecstasy should be static and stand still in one place." It also states, "It begins in delight, it inclines to the impulse, it assumes direction with the first line laid down, it runs a course of lucky events, and ends in a clarification of life–not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion." Therefore, since this poem really brought many images into my mind, I can say that the poem is brilliant because of its imagery.
I think that this poem is very seasony. He has written many before and he is absolutely great at it. Most of his poems are very well thought out but quite hard to understand the true meaning of them. This poem was particularly hard to understand. I didn't understand why this poem was written or why about a snowy evening. The poem was very well thought out though and I hope he continues to read and write them.
@Language Arts Student I agree with your idea because you said that many authors of poems use the theme of being happy with what have and own. You said that, "I think that Robert Frost was writing this poem, he really wanted to keep this theme in mind because it's a really easy way of showing people how the environment and place you live in change in a matter of minutes and/or days." You also said that, "You can really see this in Robert Frost's poem when he started talking about when he was coming back home and everything was covered in the white snow and how it was so much is different from the day before when he was walking down the same street." Therefore, since when I also read and heard the poem I noticed this theme too, I agree with your observation of this poem's theme.
I agree with you Anirbas because I also thought that they described the topic very well and in a descriptive way. This poem really made me fell lie I was there in the poem. In the Snowy Night, the hard snow falling on my tongue as I stick it out of my mouth, tasting the cold snow melting into water at first contact with my tongue. This poem really was well written.
I think that it was better to listen to him read it because you were able to hear the poem how he wanted it to be heard instead of reading it the way you thought it should be read. I think that the message was even if you see something you want, you need to keep going and don't stop! I think this because he says that the woods look like a good place to rest, but that the man keeps moving since he has people to meet and promises to keep. So he is saying, don't stop just because there is something easier to do, you need to keep going and to live your life! I thought this poem was very good because it has a lot of meaning to it about life and how people live.
@Hayley M. I agree that the way he read it with a calm voice made the poem seem very relaxing, which surprised me because if you actually listen to the words the poem is a little creepy because it is about a man who is traveling alone in the woods. It doesn't sound like a soothing poem which is another reason why I think that having him read it makes the poem that much better because if I had just read it on paper I would not have found it to be such a good relaxing poem!
I truly enjoyed this poem because of the authors craft it uses. When Robert Frost describes his surroundings, I could feel the frigid air, see the snow filling up the woods and hear the jingle of the horse's bells. The second stanza of the poem says "My little horse must think it queer, To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake, The darkest evening of the year." Even though Robert Frost did not use an overwhelming amount of detail, he used it in a way that would help his writing, not hurt it, and let the readers imagination picture the image he is painting clearly.
I felt that it was better to read the poem on my own rather than hear it. When I read it on my own, I could go back to understand the parts that I thought were confusing. For example in the last stanza it says "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep." When I first read it, I was confused by what message Robert Frost was trying to convey by writing about certain promises he had to keep, and why he repeated "And miles to go before I sleep". As I read this stanza over, I realized this was symbolism for his life and the journey he was making. If one was to simply read this line out loud to me, I would not be able to understand it as well as if I was reading it on my own.
I personally think that it is better to hear a poem than to read it because when you read i read i am kind of monitone but when you listen to it the tone and mood change. When you hear the peom read to you by the author, they add pauses in where you dont think they are, they talk faster and slower to creat different elutions, and the change from a higher to lower pitch. It is easier to feel the emotin from a poem when the author is giving it to you instead of you having to come up with it as you read. This is why it think that it is easier to hear a peom being read to you mare than reading it yourself.
@Michelle R. I 100% agree with you when you said that, "hearing Robert Frost read the poem was easier and more beneficial to listen to than reading it yourself." I also agree with your reasoning, like,"When the author reads his/her own creation, they set the tone of the poem/story/etc better than if you read it yourself" Or when you said that, "they know when to pause or put emphasis on certain words." These are the reasons for why i said that it was better to hear a poem than read it yourself, and that is why i gree with you.
Honestly I did not like the poem. I could not connect with the poem. Like Kevin 0 I was never any good with poems they never made sense to me. I also think it would be better for me to read it. This is beause when I read something if I don't here one part I have to go back and read it again. I can't do that though if I am listening to it.
@Mimic I agree with you. I also think that it would be better if we were to read it. I agree because you said that we could read at our own pace and when we missed something go back. When you are listening to it you probably will miss something and it won't make sense.
I think that poems are better when read. This is because you can better understand it. For example, in the video, i could not understand what they were saying but i could easily read it. This is why i think that poems are better off read, not spoken.
I like the poem when I read it myself because I can interpret what it says without having to think while someone else keeps saying the poem. This is easier for me because I don't like having to miss something that could be important.
I think that it is better for me to read a poem. this way i can read at my own pace and really understand what each word means and he how this poem can relate to my life. Also,when i read the peoms is ieasrier to picture what is going on in the poem. For example, in this poem i would be able to picture what Robert Frost is tring to say.
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I feel like since I really don't have much of a taste for poetry, my personal opinion on whether this poem is good or not would be invalid. YEs, it seems to flow well and sounds kinda cool, but to me poetry is just not the most interesting thing in the world. The theme in this case was a bit hard for me to try and figure out because I had to keep replaying the audio over and over a gain because I didn't catch every line. And that brings me into another point, I really don't enjoy any audio book or poem. I try to sink in everything in the sentence before and the completely miss something that could be really important. But after a few times of watching and listenng to the video, I felt the theme was most people don't know what they'e got until its gone. Frost wrote this on a summer's day and he's focusing on the beauties of the winter. In the winter, I can't stand the snow, but then i the summer, I love the sight of the blankets of white over my lawn.
@ Kevin O., I agree with you. Poetry is a bit hard to wrap your head around sometimes, and writing it for me is just twenty times harder than comprehending one! And, in the scenario especially, the audio in such a meaningful poem was really hard to get every piece of it. Like you said, when its on paper, you can re-read it over and over again. What you thought the theme was, although I didn't think of it, I definitely see where you're coming from. His hallucinations caused him to see the things he wanted to see, and then because he saw them so clearly and loved them so much, he decided to write a poem about it. Overall, although poetry isn't either of our cups of tea, and there were some challenges understanding it, it was a decent piece of writing in the end.
This wasn't my favorite, but I don't really like poems in general. But I thought that it was very detail and think that he put a lot into this. But from what I could understand I thought it was very nicely written. But I think that If I were to read it a little bit closer I would enjoy it more.
I agree with Kevin O. because It was very hard to understand. It was so detailed that you need to read it very closely. But I thought it was a very nicely written. I just wish that I was able to understand what it meant.
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I don't like the poem because I don't like poetry in general. They are really had for me to understand and comprehend what I have read. From 1st grade to know I am still struggling but have gotten better. In 1st grade I could not write a poem at all. I was the worst person in the class at writing poems. They always have given me trouble.
I think the theme of the story is some people can write what they see. I think this because Robert frost said that he had wrote about what he thought was a hallucination. This shows that he was writing a dream. He looked as if he had been sick and could have been hallucinating and just wrote down what he was seeing in his hallucination. This is the reason why I think that the theme of the poem is some people write what they see.
But I would rather read the poem because you can re-read any parts that you didn't understand. With a person talking you can’t rewind them and have that person repeat the sentence. This is why I would rather read the poem than have it read to me.
I really like this poem because it had a lot of normal stuff in it but it describes how beautiful it looks. the meaning of this (i think) is that you can enjoy life as it comes, even in the hardest of times. I did because it says he has miles to go (in the snow) before he gets home. i think this is a pretty hard thing to do because think of dragging your feet though the snow! it's pretty hard to do that right? well imagine you are doing it for MILES!
The video I can understand a little but the poem he wrote i couldn't really understand as much as the video i guess its easier for to understand if someone reads to me it a lot clearer then when I try and do it myself. I really enjoy writing poems I done it throughout sixth grade and a little in seventh grade I think their kinda fun to do. Just wondering is he even still alive.
After reading and listening to the poem by Robert Frost. I noticed that some authors and poets like Robert Frost really incorporate themes like the theme of be happy with what you have an own. I think that Robert Frost was writing this poem, he really wanted to keep this theme in mind because it's a really easy way of showing people how the environment and place you live in change in a matter of minutes and/or days. You can really see this in Robert Frost's poem when he started talking about when he was coming back home and everything was covered in the white snow and how it was so much is different from the day before when he was walking down the same street. I think that authors use other examples of this theme but I think that common examples that most people can really relate to and see what's best for them to learn and take away from the story or poem. I think when authors use these kinds of themes in their pieces of work I think that this is the biggest motivator or point for them to write that story work on etc. In conclusion I think that that is why many authors not just Robert Frost write books or stories or poems etc. with themes that can let people relate and let the people that read the stories and poems take away from.
I think this poem is very deep and I think that Robert Frost has had some kind of vision about something in his life. Nevertheless, Robert has written a very nice poem.
I personally think that it was a good poem. The only problem is that I didn't understand the poem. I don't understand it because I don't know why it was written. I can't seem to know or find the theme. I have written poems but not as powerful and meaningful as Robert Frost's poems! I still enjoyed listening to it though.
I just happen to agree with abc123comewithme because can you imagine going through miles upon miles of snow!? I would be cold. Even though I didn't understand the poem, I did know at some point what it was talking about. I can't EVER see myself walking miles and miles in snow. I usually don't even go outside because I get cold very fast.
Also, it would be better to read the poem because it could have been easier to picture in my mind. But, that's just me.
I like this poem because it really seems to have a sense of imagery in it. The way it talks about the snow falling down and how its on the trees and how all that makes it beautiful. When I first read this, I could easily picture all of the snow and the horse he was on all in my imagination, as well as the woods where he was.
I really did love this poem. I love this poem because it was like Robert Frost took my eyes from my childhood of the second day of winter when then snow would lay softly on the ground. It was like he had took my visions and put them in a poem. So It really feels like I can connect with this. So therefore I really like this poem because I can connect to it.
AnCh373 I agree with you. This is because the biggest reason why I liked this poem was because of it's imagery. I really added the effect of the night. Also just like you said how it makes the trees and snow beautiful it really adds to the effect and helps me connect to it. So therefore since it has such good imagery I like it even more.
AnCh373 I agree with you. This is because the biggest reason why I liked this poem was because of it's imagery. I really added the effect of the night. Also just like you said how it makes the trees and snow beautiful it really adds to the effect and helps me connect to it. So therefore since it has such good imagery I like it even more.
@abc123comewithme
I agree with you because i think that the poems and stories etc. that come out years before us were made so the people of that time period can understand. I think that when some of us watched or listened to this poem we were confused and didn't get a grip on what he was saying because it was hard to comprehend. I think that when technology changed and as we get more to a spot were we can not understand a lot of things, compared to people years a go. If you just compare our english and how we act and talk to about a few hundred years back its a completely different story. I think the more people get addicted to their technology that this will continue to grow and the children of tomorrow will be shooting for C's not A's in school really changing the amount they know. Therefore that is why i think that some of us can not understand what Robert Frost was writing.
@panther502
I think that you are right; the theme is a little hard to understand at first. In fact I had to listen to it 2 times to get my meaning out of it! So for you [panther502] I recommend that you listen to it again and see if it makes better sense the 2nd time.
I don't like the poem that much and I love poetry because it was just making a setting, there was no meaning, lesson, moral, motivation. There wasn't any "color" in the text. By color I mean enthusiasm. Therefore, I do not like this poem because there is no heart-touching meaning to the text.
@Man on the Moon
I disagree with you because the imaginary was bland, boring, and short. The sentences seemed rather a little choppy. The whole poem didn't amaze me at all. And, I for one, adore poetry. Therefore, I disagree with you because the imagining the setting was rather bland and it was all predictable. I wasn't amazed.
I thought that the video of Robert Frost reciting his poem was more effective than just the poem by itself. I think this because in the video, Robert Frost reads it the way that he wrote it in his head, the way that he interpreted it, and I thought that was important because for the most part, poetry is written about something that the author either feels strongly about or is passionate. This to me was more effective and clear than just reading the text.
@AnCh373 I like this poem too because it had good imagery in it. An example of this is the way it described the snow falling down and how it was on the trees. When I first read this, I could easily picture all of the snow and the rest of the imagery.
I didn't like the poem because when I read it it made me think it was saying that you can choose what you want to do but you can't choose what happens to you. It says, 'It begins in delight, it inclines to the impulse..... ....and ends in a clarification of life–not necessarily a great clarification." To me that meant that you can't always control what happens, and everything isn't always going to turn out perfect. That might not have been what Frost meant for people to get out of it, but to me, I didn't like what I thought the meaning was, so therefore I did't like the poem.
I think this poem was very well written. To me it reminds us to enjoy the simple things in life, even though reality sometimes makes this difficult. In Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", it describes how this man could have simply watch the snow fall and enjoy nature, but he said "I have promises to keep and I have many miles to go before I sleep". Therefore, to me this poem by Robert Frost reminds me to enjoy the simple things in life, even though obligations and work can say otherwise.
@Jessm
I disagree with you when you say that you disliked "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" because your interpretation of it was that you can't always control your fate and everything being perfect. For example, it is impossible for you to control your own fate. There are simply to many other forces in the universe to allow you to dictate exactly how you want to live your life. Nothing is perfect, and life isn't fair. For these reasons must I disagree wtih you when you say that you dislike this poem by Robert Frost because you thought the message was that your life will not always turn out exactly how you want it.
I really liked this poem. To me, it seemed to be very unique and creative. I was able to picture and imagine everything in my head as Robert Frost was reciting it in the video. Also, in my opinion, it is much better to hear a poem, rather than just read it. This is because if you read a poem like this one, it just seems like any other poem. Words on paper with a bunch of rhymes. Most people would probably read it with a very dull voice, making nothing exciting. By hearing a poem, on the other hand, you can really interpret things better and actually hear the enthusiasm and interesting tone of the poet. This makes you want to actually listen to the poem, instead of reading it and not getting much meaning out of it.
@ZAMZAM,
I agree with you. You said that in the video, he reads it the way he wrote it in his head.
I think this is very true. Robert Frost reads his poem the way it was meant to be heard. However, some people may not take it in like that. If they were reading the poem, they probably wouldn't know that he wrote it to be read the way it was supposed to be read. The readers might think it should have been read in their own way. They could make the content in the poem a lot more boring just by reading it in a certain way.
I think that it is better to hear a poem coming from the creator's own mouth than reading it. It is always nice to read a poem, but the author always makes it better. The author makes the poem, sometimes to tell a message, and the message and the emotion it shows can only be represented by the author, not by just any reader. The author is the one who made the poem and understands his work, so he is the only one truely touched by the poem. Therefore, since the emotion of the poem can only be expressed by the author, I prefer hearing the poem from the author than reading it myself.
@ U dont know me,
I do not agree with you that this poem is boring, but I think that the poem is very good. I think that you don't understand the poem because you did not write it, so it is harder to see the poem's purpose. As the author is the true person who wrote the poem, he is the true person that understands it as well. The author shows his feelings and expressions in a poem, so it maybe harder for someone else to understand, because they are the one who really gets it. Anyone can understand a poem, but maybe not like the author does. Therefore, I don't agree that the poem is boring, but is very good.
I think that it is better to read the poem. I thnk it is better to read the poem ecause you can make it sound how you want it to sound. By using your own voice and tone you can create any type of emotion the poem could reflect off. I would not want to hear the poem because every one would think of it the same way because it would be in the same voice tone.
I very much disagree with you. I thnk it is better o read a poem because it does not just sound like a normal poem it sounds unique. Also not all poems rhyme some just mean something important and that would make them a poem and how unique it is. Also The one thing I do agrewe with you on is that his poem is very uniqe and creative. everything he said had some sort of meaning to it.
@ZAMZAM
I agree with you because when you read a poem, you try to come up with a tone to say it to yourself so that you can imagine it. I know this because as read the poem to myself, it was harder to imagine it than when I heard Robert Frost saying it out loud because it made it easier to interpret it as he thought it in his own head, as you said.
I think the theme of this poem is some people understand that one stop can really leave an impression on a person. I think this because in his poem Robert Frost talked about a forest he watched as the snow covered it.He described in detail how beautiful the wood and surrounding setting were. And even though he had may things do he took a moment to stopped. The woods even made him think of other times. This shows the difference that one stop can make.
I disagree with Avacodo because i do not think it is better to hear a poem spoken by the writer than actually reading it. I think this because although there is some value in hearing the author saying the poem you get more out of reading it. For example reading it will give you more time to think of the deeper meaning to each line. After hearing the poem i went to another site and read it. I got a whole new deeper meaning.
I didn't find the poem very interesting, and it didn't mean much to me. I got that a poem forms naturally not by force, but the connections didn't make sense at all.
@ usawildcat11
I agree that it is better to read a poem. I prefer to read a poem before someone reads it to me, or just read it myself. Though hearing it just from yourself may feel better, hearing it from others can change your look on things.
I preferred listening to Robert Frost say the poem, than actually reading the poem. I preferred this because it was easier finding the tone of the poem when he was reading it to us, rather than just reading it in my head in my own tone. Also, it made it clearer for what he was trying to say. I thought there were many themes, including universal themes like death and beauty; but one theme I thought he was trying to get across was to stop and enjoy nature. I thought this was the theme because I’m pretty sure it was about a man on his horse going home and stopped to realize the beautiful snow. Therefore, I liked this poem because was deep, creative and made the reader think.
I disagree with you @usawildcat11 because I thought that it was better to hear Robert Frost read the poem to us. I thought this because he made it clearer to hear his tone of the story. Sure, when reading the poem you can make up your own tone but I think hearing his tone would effect a lot of your intemperance on the true meaning on the theme and story.
I think that it is better to hear a poem ratter then read it. I think this because it allows you to hear the author-Robert Frost- voice. It also allows you to hear the tone of his voice as he recited the poem, which makes the reader hear how he felt about the poem, and why he created the poem. Also it makes understand how much he was enjoyed stopping by the woods on a snowy evening! As you can see, I think it is much better to hear a poem rather than just reading it to yourself.
@WOOLEYWAM. I agree with you that listening to Robert Frost say the poem is better then actually reading it. You stated that it made it clearer for what he was trying to say, which I agree with, and also you said that you thought he was trying to get across was to stop and enjoy nature, which is something that I also agree with. Since the title of the poem is, "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening," so this is another reason why he would be talking about nature. This is many reasons why I agree with your statement.
I did like this poem because when I first read the poem, I really didn't understand what he was saying; until I heard Robert read it. Also in the poem it says "It runs a course of lucky events, and ends in a clarification of life." This to me says everyone can get lucky, but in the real world you can't decide what happens to you. Therefore I liked this poem because it was creative and when he read it out loud I heard it the way Robert Frost thought of in his head.
@ZAMZAM I agree with you because listening to Robert Frost read the poem, I could tell that he was reading the way it sounded in his head. Also it was easier to understand the poem when Robert read it.
I liked this poem but it was kind of confusing unless you read it more then once. I think it is better to hear the poem because you can hear the emotions and the feelings in his voice. I think the theme is distractions. This is because it expalins how likes the snow and looking at the view but can't stop and get distracted because he has a promise to keep.
I don't really think that there is a difference between when I read the poem on my own to when I hear Robert Frost read the poem. I get to imagine the tone and theme on my own, rather than listen to how robert Frost interpreted his own writing. I think that the theme is about nature and how everyone needs to enjoy the nature that surrounds them.
I think that the theme of this poem is some people will do anything to get a great result. I think this because in the poem it said,"he stayed up all night. This proves that Robert frost was willing to miss a whole night of sleep to make a great poem, like this one. I found that this peom was very interesting and taught me a great lessen.
Kate O. I agree with you hearing him read it because his voice/ tone expained how he felt about the poem and why he created it. You could hear in his voice what he was feeling and how wanted the poem to turn out. You could hear his emotions throuout the whole poem. Therefor it is easier to understand when he reads it.
Lauren said...
Every one can get lucky is what the poem is saying according to one of the lines in the poem. I agree one of the statments in the poam was "It runs a couse of lucky events, and ends in a claification." This shows everyone can be lucky at some point in there life.
@MarissaS I agree with you that in order to completely understand the poem you have to read it more than once. I disagree with you that hearing the poem gives more emotion than reading it. I think when you get to read it in your head you feel more attached to the poem.
@ Emma
I agree that Robert Frost must have really been determined to write this poem. Like you said he stayed up all night probably thinking of an idea. When the sun rose, the narration said he got an idea so vivid it was almost like a hallucination. He probably had been thinking of an idea for so long that he began to imagine things and then he got the idea. Also the poem had many details which means Frost put a lot of effort into making this poem.
I think hearing Robert Frost read the poem was easier and more beneficial to listen to than reading it yourself. When the author reads his/her own creation, they set the tone of the poem/story/etc better than if you read it yourself. Also when the author reads it, they know when to pause or put emphasis on certain words. In addition, the author puts rhythm into the poem that is personally hard to find when I read a poem. Overall Robert Frost makes the poem have spirit which gives it more meaning than if you read it yourself.
I think it is better to read a poem than listen to someone recite it. This is because when you are listening to someone read it, it is easier to get distracted by their voice, appearance, etc. When you are reading a poem, you can reflect on the words, pause when you want to, and give it your own feelings. The purpose of a poem is to let your mind engulf it with your own creativity, not someone else. This is why I think it is better if you read the poem yourself.
I agree with Marissa S when you said that it was kind of confusing unless you read it more than once. The first time I read it I had no idea what it meant, or what it was even talking about. When I read it a second time I had to read it slowly to get what each line was saying, before I could comprehend what it was saying. Therefore, i didn't understand the poem until I read it more than once.
I liked the poem and thought it ment that you can't go doing something for please when there is stuff to be done. In the poem he said,"The woods are beatuiful, but I have many miles before I can sleep." He wanted to stay and enjoy the woods but he has to get home. Enjoying the woods is a please, but getting home to your family, your friends is much more imporant.
@Michelle R I agree with you that it was easier to listen to Robert Frost reading the poem, than to read your self.
@Kevin 0
I agree with you because I also think that it is better to read a poem than have someone read it to you. Like you said, if you don't understand what the person says because of the grammar or voice, you would have to keep rewinding it over and over and over again and even when you do this, you are not guaranteed to understand it. If you read a poem by your self, you will only have grammar understanding problems and you can keep rereading it which is much easier than rewinding.
I agree with Michelle R. when you said that when authors read his/her own creation they read at a better tone then you would reading it yourself. I agree because sometimes when you read someone else's work, you don't always get it, or understand it, because it didn't come from your mind, so you might not see what they're saying. So I agree when you say it's helpful to hear a piece of work from it's author. Although I disagree with you when you said that for this particular poem it was beneficial to listen to Robert Frost read his poem to understand it. After listening to him read his poem, I still didn't understand what he meant. It may have been the poor video quality or that I didn't hear a change of tome or emotion, but listening to him read it didn't help me understand. Therefore I disagree.
I believe it is better to read the poem than hear it because you can really focus on the word choice. When listening to the poem I could not hear everything Robert Frost was saying and I lost the meaning of what he was saying. In poetry word choice is extremely important so it is better to read it so you can catch every single word. In my opinion the poem has a sense of lonliness to it because the speaker is alone in the empty woods. There is also a theme of duty because he likes to see the lovely woods but has to go because he has "miles to go before I sleep." Therefore I believe that the poem is better to read because of the attention payed to word choice and duty because the speaker can't stay in the woods.
@Avocado
I disagree that you feel more emotion through the reader and that it is better to hear a poem because I did not feel emotion listening to Robert Frost. Frost's voice was hard to unnderstand so even though I could take most of the words, with parts missing I could not feel the whole poem and all the emotion in it. When reading the poem I was engulfed in a wave of emotion. The best way to experience a poem I believe, is to heare it with a copy of the words before you so that you are reading along with the poet who knows how he or she wanted they poem conveyed. I conclusion, I disagree that it is best to hear the poem because you may loose all the words but you do hear it the way the poem wanted so therefore you should read along with the poet.
When it comes to april it's usally poem month and Robert Frost really put creativty in this poem . I think that this poem should be read on paper enot be read to.
G-man : I agree that read on paper is better because you can understand everything if you see the words in front of you espically if you are a visual person.
I enjoyed the poem becasue it made me think. I dont know why but this made me think of slavery, and then the natural beutys of life. so i guess the theme would be goodthings come when you wait beause he said a few more miles till he could sleep this is why i liked it and what i thought the theme was
i do not agree with "youjustgotcearved" because when you hear someone recite the poem than it can help you decide: is this a happy poem, sad, or funny, just by the tone and pitch of their voice. This is why i don't agree with "youjustgotcearved"
I did not like the poem because it wasn't very interesting to me. I think the theme of this poem is that: Some people can enjoy the small things in life. I think this because in the poem, it says, "The darkest evening of the year". But later on, it says, "Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark and deep." This shows that this person finds beauty in each snowflake and the forest even though it's the darkest evening of the year. That's why I think the theme of this poem is: Some people can enjoy the small things in life.
I think that the theme is that all people would like a place where they would not have to worry about other people but cannot get it because of the way the author writes the traveler's thoughts and describes the woods. The traveler thinks: "The woods look lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep." This shows that the thought of being alone in his safe place is tempting, but he has agreed to things he can't back out of now. It will be long before he can do anything for himself because he is in debt for other people. This is why I think the theme of this poem is that all people would like a place where they would not have to worry about other people but cannot get it.
@WOOLEYWAM
I do not agree with you that listening to Robert Frost say the poem was easier than reading it. I say this because I thought it was easier to read it. It was hard to understand him in the video because the audio quality wasn't very good. Also, if you read the poem, you could go back and reread a part you don't understand. You can't do this if you listen to him. That's why I disagree with you.
I thought the poem was great because a poem from one point of veiw can give a person light on how another thinks and can bond people.
I thought this poem sounded better read aloud because when i read it the first time i didnt understand it and was confused but when it was read to me it sounded poetic and beautiful to listen to.
After reading this poem (or technically listening to it) I rally enjoyed it. The aspect that was the most effective to me was the way Robert Frost told the poem like it was a long journey. It seemed as if he put more emphasis into certain parts than others and that is what stood out to me. I thought the theme was that people will not always wait around for what is going to happen, they will move on. I thought that this was the theme because the poem is talking about how Frost will not wait 'to watch his woods fill up with snow' which I think is saying that he won't wait for something that he has seen and for something that he is not sure of. I thought it was much easier to understand the poem listening to it because Frost helped portray the reason for the poem.
@ZAMZAM, i agree with you that it was way more effective when we heard Robert Frost reading his story than us just reading it. I think that it helped portray his ideas and like you said, showed what he was thinking in his head when he wrote the poem. Also, I agree with you that him reading it gave the poem more life and passion than you or me just reading it to ourselves.
I think that it would've been better to read the poem, rather than to hear it because it can be harder to understand when listening. For example, if you read a poem, you can read it at your own pace, and go back if you don't understand a part. When listening though, it's harder to go back if you hear something because you don't know when the speaker said it, and also, the voice of the speaker, which in this case is Robert Frost, was a little hard to hear, or understand because it wasn't completely clear, even when turning the volume all the way up. Therefore, I would've preffered to read this poem because it would've been easier to hear and understand rather than listening to someone else reading it out loud.
@ chris g
I disagree that it's easier to listen to someone reading out loud because I don't think you can hear the emotion that the poem is supposed to capture. I personally thought that Frost didn't have a much of a tone when speaking, and if any, it was on the happier side. But if you saw some other comments, people didn't think the poem was happy! Therefore, I disagree with you because you can't hear the emotion when Robert Frost was speaking because it almost sounded monotone.
@chris g
I think it's perfectly normal to think of slavery and the beauties of life from this poem because the way he talks about himself and the woods your description fits him well. This is because he describes the woods as being "lovely, dark and deep" showing that he apriciates their grandness and beauty. He also states that he has "promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep.", showing that he would like to do something else but it will be a long time before he does because he is under the influence of someone else. Both of those things are the beauties of nature and slaver, which is why it is perfectly understandable that you should think of these things while reading the poem.
I like this poem becasue it is very discribtive. I think that this is very describtive becasue he really discribed what he was seeing and feeling when the snow was coming down. I really like all type of writing that is describtive becasue that is very good author's craft. That is why I enjoyed this peom
@AnCh373
I agree with you when you said that the poem was very describtive. This is because I also thught that it was desribitve and made me feel like I was watching what was going on in the peom. Also, I agree with you when you said that you thought that this poem was beautiful. I think that this is beautiful because all type of nature to me is very beautiful and somethig as peacful as snow makes it beautiful. that is why I agreee with your comment.
I did not like this poem. This is because it was hard to understand what Robert Frost was trying to explain to us. I also didn't like this poem because I am not much of a poet kind of guy. I believe that the theme is all people must enjoy life as it is. I think this because in the poem Robert Frost talks about how beautiful the falling snow is. The poem is better to read rather than to hear. This is because Robert Frost is old and has a scratchy voice while reading it. When you read the poem yourself you can change the voice to be whoever you want it to be. That is why I did not like this poem.
@u don't know me
I agree. This is because I cannot write poetry for my life, so I think that anything poetic is better than whatever I write. This poem does describe how he could have sat back, watch the snow fall, and enjoy nature as it is. This poem does remind me to enjoy the simplicity of things in life. That is why I agree with you u don't know me.
I think the purpose of this poem is to describe the beauty of the woods, and nature in general. Robert Frost says, "The only other sound's the sweep of easy wind and downy flake". This is a very descriptive way of showing how the wind and snow in the woods looked like. It shows how nice the woods must have looked. Many people would not have realized the beauty of the nature. Therefore, I think the theme of this poem is "Most people do not realize the true beauty in life".
@ abc123comewithme I agree with you that the purpose of the poem is that everyone should enjoy life as it comes at you. I agree with you because even though he has miles and miles more to travel before he can sleep, he stops to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the woods. The poem says, "To watch his woods fill up with snow". Robert Frost is describing how he is enjoying the nice scenery, even though he has a hard journey ahead of him. Therefore, the purpose of this poem is to make people enjoy life minute by minute, even in hard times.
I think the meaning of this poem is to do some elaboration on what the outdoors meant to Frost. This is because he talks about the outside, but doesnt elaborate much and he doesnt give us a good sensory image. I am not a fan of poetry, so therefore I wasnt estatic about this. I dont like poetry because, I love long, adventerous novels. This is because you could be hooked after reading the 5th chapter. The theme I chose for this poem is,
" Most people dont realize that Earth's beautys are right in there backyard". This is because he talks about the outdoors and how he is enjoying them. Those are my thoughts on the poem by Robert Frost.
@ JMM126...
I agree with you. I agree with you because when you say, "There wasn't any "color" in the text. By color I mean enthusiasm." I think this to because it was plain, but had some description. That is why I agree with you and your thoughts on Robert Frost's poems.
I think it is better to read it then hear it.The reason I think this is because when reading you can read at your own pace but when listening when you missed something you missed something because you could always look back when reading but not when you are hearing something.
I think the theme is people have goals to keep them going and plan to complete them before they pass on. The reason I think this is because In the begining He refered to someone that passed on and in the end he said he had miles to go before he could sleep which means he had a lot of goals to complete before he passed on.
I believe that the theme to this poem was that everyone has there own place of bliss. In this case Robert Frost's place were the woods. After all the video had said that he wrote it after staying up all night, so he looked out and saw some beauty that had inspired him to write of a blissful place where he could escape. Robert Frost had written this on a summer day, and his poem had taken place in winter. Therefore I believe that the theme to this poem was that everyone has there own peaceful place that they can escape to whenever. And I also feel that by having the actual author read the poem, you can hear the real mood that the author wanted you to get out of it. With poems, (and other types of writing) messages can become obscurred, or come across differently then intended. So by having the author read it, you are also sent on a journey because of the way the mood is put. I found that as Robert Frost was reading his poem it had sounded like he was getting lost, and in a trans as he read the part of watching the snow cover the lovley woods, and then I could hear when he was trying to pull himself away from being in that trans by reading, "But I have promises to keep".
I liked this poem because I could imagine every line he said. Even though I don't like most poems, this one stands out because it was very descriptive. I like it better when I hear the poem because the person who is reciting it puts feeling into it which shows me a better picture of it. That's why I really liked this poem.
@marktex5025
I disagree with you because the writer of the poem uses the right pace and tone for the poem which describes whats happening. Also, you said that Frost's voice wasn't clear which isn't true. I was able to make out each word in the poem. That's why I disagree with your thoughts on the poem.
i think that it is better to read a poem then to hear it. i think that this is because if you read it, you can reread it and then make an understanding of it. if you hear it, you might only bbe ableto understand some of it and not all of it.
@ peter p i agree. this poem is very descriptive. you can really imagine what the scene is.
My opinion is that it is better to listen to a poem than to read it. I think this because when you read it you can make your voice different tones so you can quite literally create a story from your mouth.
@DisneyDanc&More I disagree with you. Even though when you read it you can go back and re-read it if you didn't understand it, reading is not the best way to deliver a poem. When you listen to it you can hear them and the tone in their voice so not only will you interpret it you will also be able to see how the reader/author interprets the writing.
For me personally I think when the author reads his or hers poem aloud he or she will express and emphasize different words or phrases that he or she thought to be important. This can be a good thing when trying to understand the authors feelings and the overall theme he or she thought it out to be or the purpose of their writing, But when you read a poem to yourself I think it is to be more personal and you can emphasize and leave out any part you want to so you can figure out your own theme that applies.
I agree with this statement, "It is always nice to read a poem, but the author always makes it better. The author makes the poem, sometimes to tell a message, and the message and the emotion it shows can only be represented by the author, not by just any reader." because it basically says the author was the one who created it and knows its purpose and theme but the poem is a perfect stranger to the reader. But i think sometimes having a new unknown piece of writing in front of you makes your mind wander and wonder beyond what the authors intentions were making the reader develop his or her own take on the theme of the poem. So i believe there is both a good and bad to reading the poem yourself because it unlocks new themes and meanings that the author did not intentionally put there.
I think it is better to hear a poem hen the person that wrote it is reading it to you because hen you can hear the poem the way that they rote it and they can stress the important parts. But If you cant get the person that wrote it to read it to you then it would be better to read it yourself because then you can read it the way you want.
I think that is much better to hear the poem than read it yourself. Sometimes, poems have to be seen if you don't understant it or some of the words are complex. This poem specifically wasn't to difficult to understand, and was really interesting to see it read by the original author of it. As a few people had said, it lets the poet read it the way that it was supposed to be read. That is why I think that it was better to have the poem read to you by someone who know's what they're doing.
@ Muffin Man 101
I agree with your comment. You said that they can stress the important parts. I also believe that;when it is read to you by the original author, then he can stress the things that have to be stressed, and the way that the poem turns out might be completely different. That is why I agree with you completely.
I think that the author makes the poem better. They can make the poem have lots of feeling because they wrote it. They wouldn't write about something that they don't care about so there must be some meaning behind it. So when you hear them say it the important parts stand out and it makes it more interesting.
This poem had a nice connotation of the words. At the end, he says, "The only other sound's the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake."When I hear the word sweep it creates imagery for me, and it also helps pull to the smooth, sad tone. I really enjoyed when it was read to me because the growling of Robert's voice, and the scratching also helped to pull off the deep, glum mood. The inflection and the lowness of his voice seemed to smooth out the poem and make it flow from one verse to the other. I really enjoyed the connotation and smoothness of this deep poem.
I agree that Robert Frost made normal, everyday objects seem so beautiful with the words he described them with. I also agree with the theme, that everything is beautiful, you just have to look closely. For example when he says, "To watch his woods fill up with snow" It takes and everyday place, like the snowy woods, and describes it by using the word fill, and it creates the beautiful imagery in my mind of a quiet forest, with soft flakes of snow slowly building up from the ground. I really enjoyed how Robert Frost described the objects to make them seem beautiful.
I think that Robert Frost has many great works of art and he was an amazing poet, but some of his poems are quite difficult to receive the whole meaning them. This poem in particular was hard for me to grasp the complete message, and therefore, left me on the confused side. I personally prefer to read poems, than for people to read them to me. The video I watched was quite hard to understand, considering the quality and how old it was, let alone how old Robert was. I prefer much more to read the poem to myself, so I can understand it fully and really soak in the details. Also, personally, this is just not one of my favorite pieces by him.
@Ali M
I agree with you. When he speaks, his tone helps you understand more of the poem on how he describes it and how he physically says the words. A lot of his poems can create imagery in your head. The unique details that he plots into the poems really liven the poem and help you understand it more.
I prefer listening to Robert Frost read poems because I can really get a feel for what the tone of his writing is and how he intended for it to sound. I think that this is an important thing to know in a piece of writing. It is much more difficult to find these things out when you actually read the stories as opposed to listening. This is why I prefer listening to the poem over reading it.
@AnCh373
I agree with you that this poem uses imagery very well. When he [Robert Frost] described the setting perfectly, I was amazed at how well he used this particular writing trick. This was not the only one, though. He also used some good repetition for effect. "Miles to go before I sleep, miles to go before I sleep." is how he used good repetition for effect. This sinks into you better than just saying it once. All of this is why I agree with you that he uses great imagery and other techniques.
I really liked the poem because it could have had several scenarios. For example, the poem could have been describing a person's life. The woods up ahead could be the narrator's life; wide, unlit, and untouched. The snow filling up the woods could be some of his past decisions already planning his future.
The promises he has to keep could be promises that he made and must keep forever.
Instead of looking at the lines "And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep" as the actual narrator going to sleep, it could describe as how he is going to live to a ripe, old age before he dies or "sleeps."
This leads me to think that reading the actual poem is better.
@StephanieZ.
I disagree with you because you said, "I think it is much better to hear the poem than read it yourself." This is because if someone else reads the poem to you, you can create an image of the poem based on the reader's voice. If you read it yourself, you can create an image of what you think the poem is. This also allows you to figure out what the poem is talking about without too much difficulty.
I really liked this poem because in my opinion it was very soothing. There was something about the way the words flowed when put together that made me feel very calm. I felt like this poem was very relaxing.
I feel like it is better to hear a poem because then you know how the author wants it to be read. In a poem, if you don't read it the correct way, it ends up sounding dull and weird and just plain uninteresting. The poet could want you to read it with spaces at certain points and such but you wouldn't know that because the poet is not there to tell you how to read it.
@KirillR98, I agree with you that this poem could have many different scenarios becuase of all the metaphors and expressions he uses in it. Jack Frost could have a little hidden message in his poems, you just have to figure out what he's actually trying to say. Underneath all the words is a deeper meaning.
I think that it is better to read a poem than hear it because when you see the poem, you're getting more out of the poem than if you just heard it. The poem is more in your mind, and you'll understand it better.
@No
I agree that this poem is very deep. It had a lot more to it, you could see how Robert Frost was thinking and what his vision was. It wasn't just something he put together.
I liked the poem. It had lots of metaphors in it, but overall described a snowy evening (specifically the Winter Solstice) pretty well. It also made it easy to imagine that you were watching the snow fall, because he didn't use too much description, so you could make it your house, watching the snow fall out your window. So overall, it was a very good poem.
I agree with ShyWolf23, because he/she says that it basically says that the guy thinks that the woods are beautiful, but he can't watch them for too long because he had to get home. I think that the poem does explain that pretty well, and makes you feel sad for him because he can't enjoy the natural beauty of the woods.
I really liked this poem by Robert Frost because I think that what he is trying to say is to be happy. He says,"It begins in delight and ends in wisdom." I feel like this line is showing that you can be happy and wise. I think that it is telling how everything you do can always start in delight. At first this poem was very hard to understand, but when you read it a couple of times it made more sense in my head and helped me understand the true meaning of what it meant.
I agree with @AnCh373 because I also agree that this poem has imagery in it because as I was reading about the snow and the woods and everything it just put a clear picture into my mind about everything that was happening and going on. It painted a picture in my head of everything he said and the way he said things really helped also.
I actually really liked this poem by Robert Frost because the imagery in it is fantastic. In the poem it states, "The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom. The figure is the same as for love. No one can really hold that the ecstasy should be static and stand still in one place." It also states, "It begins in delight, it inclines to the impulse, it assumes direction with the first line laid down, it runs a course of lucky events, and ends in a clarification of life–not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion." Therefore, since this poem really brought many images into my mind, I can say that the poem is brilliant because of its imagery.
I think that this poem is very seasony. He has written many before and he is absolutely great at it. Most of his poems are very well thought out but quite hard to understand the true meaning of them. This poem was particularly hard to understand. I didn't understand why this poem was written or why about a snowy evening. The poem was very well thought out though and I hope he continues to read and write them.
@Language Arts Student
I agree with your idea because you said that many authors of poems use the theme of being happy with what have and own. You said that, "I think that Robert Frost was writing this poem, he really wanted to keep this theme in mind because it's a really easy way of showing people how the environment and place you live in change in a matter of minutes and/or days." You also said that, "You can really see this in Robert Frost's poem when he started talking about when he was coming back home and everything was covered in the white snow and how it was so much is different from the day before when he was walking down the same street." Therefore, since when I also read and heard the poem I noticed this theme too, I agree with your observation of this poem's theme.
I agree with you Anirbas because I also thought that they described the topic very well and in a descriptive way. This poem really made me fell lie I was there in the poem. In the Snowy Night, the hard snow falling on my tongue as I stick it out of my mouth, tasting the cold snow melting into water at first contact with my tongue. This poem really was well written.
I think that it was better to listen to him read it because you were able to hear the poem how he wanted it to be heard instead of reading it the way you thought it should be read. I think that the message was even if you see something you want, you need to keep going and don't stop! I think this because he says that the woods look like a good place to rest, but that the man keeps moving since he has people to meet and promises to keep. So he is saying, don't stop just because there is something easier to do, you need to keep going and to live your life! I thought this poem was very good because it has a lot of meaning to it about life and how people live.
@Hayley M.
I agree that the way he read it with a calm voice made the poem seem very relaxing, which surprised me because if you actually listen to the words the poem is a little creepy because it is about a man who is traveling alone in the woods. It doesn't sound like a soothing poem which is another reason why I think that having him read it makes the poem that much better because if I had just read it on paper I would not have found it to be such a good relaxing poem!
I truly enjoyed this poem because of the authors craft it uses. When Robert Frost describes his surroundings, I could feel the frigid air, see the snow filling up the woods and hear the jingle of the horse's bells. The second stanza of the poem says "My little horse must think it queer, To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake, The darkest evening of the year." Even though Robert Frost did not use an overwhelming amount of detail, he used it in a way that would help his writing, not hurt it, and let the readers imagination picture the image he is painting clearly.
I felt that it was better to read the poem on my own rather than hear it. When I read it on my own, I could go back to understand the parts that I thought were confusing. For example in the last stanza it says "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep." When I first read it, I was confused by what message Robert Frost was trying to convey by writing about certain promises he had to keep, and why he repeated "And miles to go before I sleep". As I read this stanza over, I realized this was symbolism for his life and the journey he was making. If one was to simply read this line out loud to me, I would not be able to understand it as well as if I was reading it on my own.
I personally think that it is better to hear a poem than to read it because when you read i read i am kind of monitone but when you listen to it the tone and mood change. When you hear the peom read to you by the author, they add pauses in where you dont think they are, they talk faster and slower to creat different elutions, and the change from a higher to lower pitch. It is easier to feel the emotin from a poem when the author is giving it to you instead of you having to come up with it as you read. This is why it think that it is easier to hear a peom being read to you mare than reading it yourself.
@Michelle R. I 100% agree with you when you said that, "hearing Robert Frost read the poem was easier and more beneficial to listen to than reading it yourself." I also agree with your reasoning, like,"When the author reads his/her own creation, they set the tone of the poem/story/etc better than if you read it yourself" Or when you said that, "they know when to pause or put emphasis on certain words."
These are the reasons for why i said that it was better to hear a poem than read it yourself, and that is why i gree with you.
Honestly I did not like the poem. I could not connect with the poem. Like Kevin 0 I was never any good with poems they never made sense to me. I also think it would be better for me to read it. This is beause when I read something if I don't here one part I have to go back and read it again. I can't do that though if I am listening to it.
@Mimic I agree with you. I also think that it would be better if we were to read it. I agree because you said that we could read at our own pace and when we missed something go back. When you are listening to it you probably will miss something and it won't make sense.
I think that poems are better when read. This is because you can better understand it. For example, in the video, i could not understand what they were saying but i could easily read it. This is why i think that poems are better off read, not spoken.
I like the poem when I read it myself because I can interpret what it says without having to think while someone else keeps saying the poem. This is easier for me because I don't like having to miss something that could be important.
@ The1:
I agree because it is easier to understand a poem when you read it yourself.
I think that it is better for me to read a poem. this way i can read at my own pace and really understand what each word means and he how this poem can relate to my life. Also,when i read the peoms is ieasrier to picture what is going on in the poem. For example, in this poem i would be able to picture what Robert Frost is tring to say.
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I feel like since I really don't have much of a taste for poetry, my personal opinion on whether this poem is good or not would be invalid. YEs, it seems to flow well and sounds kinda cool, but to me poetry is just not the most interesting thing in the world. The theme in this case was a bit hard for me to try and figure out because I had to keep replaying the audio over and over a gain because I didn't catch every line. And that brings me into another point, I really don't enjoy any audio book or poem. I try to sink in everything in the sentence before and the completely miss something that could be really important. But after a few times of watching and listenng to the video, I felt the theme was most people don't know what they'e got until its gone. Frost wrote this on a summer's day and he's focusing on the beauties of the winter. In the winter, I can't stand the snow, but then i the summer, I love the sight of the blankets of white over my lawn.
@ Kevin O.,
I agree with you. Poetry is a bit hard to wrap your head around sometimes, and writing it for me is just twenty times harder than comprehending one! And, in the scenario especially, the audio in such a meaningful poem was really hard to get every piece of it. Like you said, when its on paper, you can re-read it over and over again. What you thought the theme was, although I didn't think of it, I definitely see where you're coming from. His hallucinations caused him to see the things he wanted to see, and then because he saw them so clearly and loved them so much, he decided to write a poem about it. Overall, although poetry isn't either of our cups of tea, and there were some challenges understanding it, it was a decent piece of writing in the end.
This wasn't my favorite, but I don't really like poems in general. But I thought that it was very detail and think that he put a lot into this. But from what I could understand I thought it was very nicely written. But I think that If I were to read it a little bit closer I would enjoy it more.
I agree with Kevin O. because It was very hard to understand. It was so detailed that you need to read it very closely. But I thought it was a very nicely written. I just wish that I was able to understand what it meant.
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