The next poem was written when Frost was living in the White Mountains in the northeast of the US. It tells the story of a man with a horse and cart who stops to look into the woods as he travels home one snowy night in late December.
‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’
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 fi ll 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 fl ake.
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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1. Write a list of any adjectives used to describe nature, for example ‘frozen’. Choose one and explain what it reveals about how the poet
feels about nature.
2. The poem has an interesting rhyming scheme. Fill in the missing scheme beside each line. What eff ect does this scheme have on your
