What are the figures of speech in stopping by the woods on a snowy evening?
Answers
In the poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, the poet “Robert Frost” uses the following figures of speech to make the poem more enjoyable.
1. Alliteration:
This figure of speech is the usage of repeated ‘consonant sounds’ in the beginning of lines or repeated lines.
“And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.”
The above lines are repeated and give the alliteration.
2. Personification:
In the poem, a horse is personified as a human being. It asks a question to the poet. “To ask if there is some mistake.”
3. Hyperbole:
In the poem, the ‘figure of speech’- hyperbole is used when the poet mentions that the woods are filled with snow. Hyperbole is the exaggeration of something. “To watch his woods fill up with snow.” represents hyperbole.
4. Symbolism:
In the poem, the word ‘promises’ implies ‘life’s responsibilities’. The word ‘sleep’ refers to ‘two meanings’. One is night’s sleep and another is death. Thus the poem has symbolic representations.