Life and Death in Stopping by Woods by Frost and Do Not Go Gentle by Thomas "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost and "Do Not Dylan Thomas's "Gentle into That Good Night" reflects deeply on both life and death. Frost interprets death as rest and peace from a hard and worthwhile life, while Thomas describes it as the early end of an unfulfilled life four Thomas characters who rage against death due to its untimely arrival, Frost's speaker accepts death but is inclined to live for promises so both Frost and Thomas choose life over death, but for conflicting reasons; .Robert Frost's deeply held beliefs in nature influence him to view death positively. Through seductive images of solitude and peaceful diction, Frost explains why nature and death coincide death, resolve themselves into the natural” and suddenly the “mysterious becomes simple” (Nicholl 194). His choice to use the "darkest evening of the year" helps set the mystery surrounding death, but the simplicity of the character and setting brings death closer to nature; “suddenly the absolute is approached and made almost visible” (Nicholl 194). The single man who encounters "lovely, dark and deep" woods creates a contradiction of feelings that intertwine the mystery and simplicity of death. The “dark” and the “deep” prefigure the fears and enigmas of death. “Beautiful” denies anxiety and demonstrates excitement and the desire to die. Although death seems scary and unknown, to the central character it is also wonderful and peaceful. The traveler appears eager for rest and death is an enchanting choice. With pleasant images such as “light wind and downy flakes,” the man becomes a…half of paper…” (Roberts 378). Frost's traveler is faced with a choice of life or death and chooses life not to achieve greatness but to fulfill promises. Thomas's four types of men retain the right to fight against death for life, but only because life is too short and greatness has yet to be achieved be embraced because is synonymous with sleep, while Thomas concludes that death should be contested because of its impediment to achievement, but equally both Frost and Thomas choose the alternative of life over that of death. Cited: Frost, Robert “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening." The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Julia Reidhead. 5th ed. 2 vols. New York: Norton, 1998.Thomas, Dylan. ?Do not go gentle into that good night.? Sound and Sense. Eighth edition. Laurence Perrine, 1992.