He gives his harness bells a shake / To ask if there is some mistake. The author uses the personification method making nature alive and be on the same level as a modern society. The author uses a number of stylistic devices and expressive means the central means appeared to be descriptive elements underlining the beauty of nature. It should be noted that the poem appeared to be in the center of critics’ debate some scholars consider that Frost sticks to civilization preference resisting the beauty and wilderness of the nature at the end of the poem the others support the idea that ‘promises’ are an indication of author’s hesitation as to social life role in human development. ‘To stop without a farmhouse near / Between the woods and frozen lake / The darkest evening of the year.’ (Frost, 20) It is necessary to stress that this theme has been perceived by many critics as the author’s attempt to express death meditation through the ‘woods’ and ‘darkness’. The author depicts the choice of the narrator between the natural allure and remaining in society. But I have promises to keep, / And miles to go before I sleep’. The special stress of the theme is demonstrated through the narrator’s obligations and responsibilities to be followed, which make him reject the beauty of nature. Frost tries to focus on the border between the wilderness and civilization this theme is considered to be popular in the sphere of modern literature throughout the world. It is necessary to underline the fact that the critics concentrate on the debate between nature allure and the social responsibilities of modern society centralized in the poem. The poem was written in 1922 becoming the part of New Hampshire volume the work became one of the greatest author’s masterpieces through the arguable theme and successful presentation manner.

Poem stopping by the woods