POEM 6
STOPPING
BY WOODS ON
A SNOWY EVENING
-by Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
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woods-forest
queer- strange
frozen- થીજી જવ ું
sweep-વાળવ ું
harness- ઘોડાનો સાજા
 downy flake- small and
light pieces of snow
Explanation
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Robert Frost, the poet was on his tour when he
comes to the woods (forest) and he could recognise to whom those
woods belonged. He understood his friend wouldn’t know if he
stopped by the woods and enjoyed the snowfall, but his horse
couldn’t understand why his rider had stopped on cold wintery
night by the woods with no farm house near. The rider stopped
between frozen lake and the woods. The horse shook himself to
remind the rider to continue with his journey , but the rider does
not heed to the shake of the horse, and thinks over the task he had
to complete before he goes to sleep.
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The last lines are very significant , the work or task
one has to do before the death stricks.