Presentation Semester 2-The American Literature

1. ‘ Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’and
‘Blowin' in the Wind’ : A Comparative Study
“In three words I can sum up Everything,
I've learned about the life:It goes On”
-Robert Frost

2. Name : Rinkal Dangar
Roll no : 18
Enrollment no : 4069206420220007
Paper Name: The American Literature
Paper No : 108
Paper Code :22401
Topic: ‘ Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ and ‘Blowin' in the Wind:
Comparative Study
Submitted to : Smt. S.B.Gardi, department of English M.K.B.U
Dated on : 13/03/2023
E-Mail : dangarrinkal0609@gmail.com

3. Robert Frost
● Robert Frost was American Poet.
● Frost is Widely regarded as one of the
most influential poets of 20th century.
● His realistic depictions of rural life
and his use of traditional forms of
poetry such as blank verse, sonnets,
and quatrains.
● Frost received numerous awards and
honors, including four Pulitzer Prizes
for Poetry, and the Congressional
Gold Medal

4. Bob Dylan (1941)
• American singer-songwriter.
● Major figure in popular culture for more
than 50 years.
● Some became anthems for the civil rights
and anti-war movements.
● His lyrics during this period incorporated a
range of political, social, philosophical, and
literary influences, defying pop music
conventions and appealing to the
burgeoning counterculture.
● Noble Prize Winner of Literature 2016

5. Comparison of the Poem and Song
‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'
● Poet: Robert Frost.
● Rhyming scheme:AABA
● Themes: Nature, Solitude,
Responsibility and Death.
● Tone: Contemplative.
● Symbols: Woods, Hours, Snowy
Evening and Sleep.
● Imagery: Darkness
● Frost described it as the short poem
with the long name(Monteiro)
‘Blowin in the Wind’
● Writer:Bob Dylan.
● Rhyming scheme: AABB
● Themes: War, Freedom, and
Equality.
● Tone: Protest and Urgent.
● Symbols: Mountain, Wind and
Road.
● Imagery: Cannonball,Sky and
the Road.
● The Ambiguous reply suggests
the complexities of the question
itself.

7. Works Cited
● GEZARI, JANET. “Bob Dylan and the Tone Behind the
Language.” Southwest Review, vol. 86, no. 4, 2001, pp. 480–
99. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/43472189. Accessed 12
Mar. 2023.
● The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016. NobelPrize.org. Nobel
Media AB 2021. Tue. 23 Mar 2021.
● <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2016/summa
● Monteiro, George. “Life of a Poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a
Snowy Evening.’” The Robert Frost Review, no. 20, 2010, pp.
7–45. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/43897266. Accessed
13 Mar. 2023.

8. Thank You
“Praise be to Nero's Neptune
The Titanic sails at dawn
And everybody's shouting
"Which Side Are You On?"
And Ezra Pound and T. S.
Eliot Fighting in the
captain's tower While
calypso singers laugh at
them”
- Bob Dylan