Lesson Details
Lesson 5: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
A Ask and answer these questions.
- Do you enjoy natural beauty like flowers, trees, woods, hills, etc.?
- Have you ever been to a place where you enjoyed such beauty? If yes, briefly describe it.
B Read the poem and say how the words in each stanza rhyme. For example, in stanza 1 know (line 1) though (line 2) and snow (line 4) rhyme with each other.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
- 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.
C Answer the following questions.
- Where do you think the poet is going? Why is he going there?
- Why did the poet stop by the woods though it was dark and he was alone?
- Guess what promise the poet had to keep before he would sleep.
- Write an imaginary dialogue between the poet and his horse.