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Unit No.8: Stopping by woods on a snowy evening

Stopping by woods on a snowy evening

Summary of the Poem

( Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening) By Robert Frost

Time will pass and seasons will come and go.

Robert Frost is a famous American poet of this century , His poetry is simple but profound in thoughts . It gets its nourishment from nature and the experiences of life. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening depicts the poet's pure delight. The poet enjoys the beauty of snow-wrapped woods and then goes on with his routine duties. The poet stops near a small area of woodland. Perhaps the poet knows the owner of the woodland who lives in a nearby village. However the poet is satisfied that the owner does not know that someone is watching his woodlands. The horse of the poet thinks their sojourn strange. It wonders why they have stayed at a place between the dark forest and an icy lake to ask this question it jingles its bridle a bit. It seems as if it is asking its rider the reason of stopping there. it wants to know whether they have suffered something wrong. The only other hum besides the tinkle of the bridle is the slight sound of the soft wind and the falling of fleecy flakes of snow. The woods present a soothing sight. It looks beautiful. But it is thick and dark as well. The poet wants to stay there and enjoy the cool balmy scene. But he remembers he has to do a lot of work. He knows he is to fulfill his pledges. Therefore he starts off. He knows that he will have to do certain duties before going to bed.

and miles to go before I sleep

Important questions of the chapter

Q1: Who is speaker in the poem?

Ans: The poet is speaker in the poem.

Q2: Whom does the speaker refer in the first stanza of the poem?

Ans: The poet refers to the owner of the woods.

Q3: Why does the speaker stop on the darkest evening of the year?

Ans: He wants to enjoy the beauty of the nature.

Q4: Why does the horse impatiently await the next move of his master?

Ans: The horse thinks that it is useless to stop at a place where, there is no farmhouse nearby.

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