Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is a prime example of a imagery in a poem. Like a painted picture brought to life, Robert Frost has the ability to bring the viewer into the scene. But his words have also an almost a dreamlike, surrealistic quality to them. We can almost smell and taste winter in our mouths yet the image seems too perfect to be real. One might say that feeling might come from his skill in rhyming. Because his lines are so uniform, it gives off the feeling of being perfect.
In the first stanza, Frost seems to be where he should not be. He gives the feeling that he is trespassing. But unlike most trespassers who are clandestine in nature, Frost is very nonchalant about his deed. He is not very concerned that the owner of the woods will find out or mind for that matter. The owner is safe and cozy at home.
In the next two stanzas, he goes on to give his little horse human characteristics. His horse has ideas of his own and is given a voice through Frost's writing. The horse's questioning air adds to the mood as the ringing of his bells contrasts the quiet night. He describes the night as silent, peaceful, and dark through imagery in the words "the sweep of easy wind and downy flake." .
Frost then finishes off with a romantic stanza as he rhymes all of the last words this time around. Also, his use of repetition in the line "and miles to go before I sleep" makes that idea that much more strong. Frost sounds somber and almost foreboding as there is still a long, long way to go.
