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Robert Frost? How does the language of the poem contribute to the poets expression of his/her own thoughts?

I know it's hard, but please help me if you can!
 
This is probably one of the most beautiful poems ever written. Robert Frost liked to write about common folk in New England. It seems to be about a doctor and his appointed rounds.It has a hypnotic quality by the repetition of "miles to go before I sleep", and the hypnotic filling of the woods with snow. It seems lonely- "the only other sounds the sweep of downy wind and snowy flake" . There is the "s" sound alliteration in every line which could be ominous or quiet.The poem is tied together by "chain rhyme" :AABA-BBCB-CCDC-DDDD. Stanzas connected by previous rhymes in the poem. These two things tie the poem together in great unity. There may be an allusion to death. You'll have to decide. It uses imagery and personification and iambic
tetrameter for rhythm and meter.
 
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