Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening

After the class discussion, I realized this isn't truly as simply beautiful as my mind believed.  I totally fell for the typical " hall mark card" interpretation, as many do when reading the road not taken.   Poetry is so beautiful and I tend to get caught up in that only.  I need to work on my reading as the writing and finding deeper meanings for pieces.  Someone in class brought up the possible suicide message this poem gives.  " The woods are lovely, dark and deep.  If you are wanting to relieve yourself from your problems, a lovely suicide is tempting, but this man knows he has much more life ahead before he can die (sleep)  Also I had the idea during class, that the snowy forest was a reminder of something that happened to him.  Like when I drive past a certain spot it reminds me of my ex boyfriend, or a memory that happened there.  I know if I revisit that spot, I would be overcome with a lot of emotion/memories.  You can't ever get those times back so they kind of wrench your heart.  So its just best to move forward.