I've known of this poem for 30 years now (having memorized it in elementary scho... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		jwally on Dec 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (1923) I've known of this poem for 30 years now (having memorized it in elementary school) - and looking at it 30 years later I spotted something I had never seen before: The rhyming scheme. AABA, BBCB, CCDC, DDDD. Its interlocking with kind of a cheat at the end since the final line is a duplicate. Absolutely beautiful.

tmoertel on Dec 23, 2024 [–]

The first three stanzas each chain into the following. But the final stanza chains into itself, completing the knot.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact