The poem is a quatrain, with the first two lines and the last line of each stanza rhyme together. Although the last line introduces an entirely new rhyme. When the next stanza begins, three lines of the four lines rhyme with the third line of the previous stanza. In the final stanza no new rhyme is introduced, each line rhymes, meaning the poem has come to an end. Frost uses iambic tetrameter because it has a regular rhythm, and each line only has eight syllables. The poem is mostly of monosyllabic words to keep up the poem's pace and simplicity.The significance of the rhyme scheme is to make the poem seem simpler than what it is, although the words in the poem are multidimensional. Last, Frost uses diction throughout the poem. Frost's choice of words and connotation assist the reader of achieving a better understanding of the poem. In lines 15 and 16 "And miles to go before I sleep", the denotation of the word sleep is a condition of the body and mind where the eyes are dashed, muscles are relaxed, and the conscious is suspended. But the connotation of sleep is death, so "And miles to go before I sleep", means the speaker of the poem has more living to do before his or her death.
Robert Frost is depicted as a loyal, creative, and even native poet because of his pure faithfulness to the New England spirit. Frost is thought of as the one great American poet of our time (Cowley 345-47). Frost is categorized in the Modern Era (1914-1945) time period, which included disillusionment brought on by World War I, "Lost Generation", major experimentation, and the Imagist movement with "make it new" motto. Multiple critics describe Frost as not being a typical modernist poet due to his sharply different poetic manner. For instance, Frost's irony and uncertainty, his concreteness and colloquial tone, his hesitation and honesty of his poems denies the characteristics of the writing style of the Modern Era.