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Presentation…
Stopping by Woods on a
Snowy Evening…

By: Robert Frost

• Robert Lee Frost was an American poet. His work was initially published in
England before it was published in America. Known for his realistic
depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial
speech, Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in England in
the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and
philosophical themes.
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 slee p.

 Summary…

• The speaker in the poem is traveling at night through the snow and
pauses with his horse near the woods by a neighbour's house to watch the
snow falling around him. His horse shakes his harness bells, questioning
the pause; perhaps this place isn't on their usual route, or he is curious
that there doesn't appear to be a farmhouse nearby.
• The speaker continues to stand near the woods, attracted by the deep,
dark silence of his surroundings. He feels compelled to move further into
the snowy woods, but he ultimately decides to continue, concluding with
perhaps the most famous lines of the poem: 'But I have promises to keep,
and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep.'
Name: Rohan Kumar Garg
Class: IX-C