Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

 Poetry

STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING

Robert Frost

Whose woods there are I think I know..
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods till up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farm house near
Between woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harnless 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.



Glossary

woods                    an area of trees, smaller than a forest
little                       humble, ordinary
Harnless bells        Small bells attached to a strap/band around the neck of horse which tinkles as the horse moves
flake                       pieces of snow which are soft, light and white as feathers
easy wind and downy flake          easy flowing wind, and (down) falling snow
mile                       a distance of 1.6 kilometres ('miles' - implies a long distance)
"lovely, dark and deep"          only the poet is fascinated by the woods

Related Poems:-

1. The Inchcape Rock

2. Oft, in the stilly night

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