Dec 21, 2009

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening | Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

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Author: Robert Frost
First Published: 1923
Type of Work: Lyric
Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
Subjects: Traveling or travelers, New England, Forests or forestry, Horses, Meditation, Winter, Snow, Night

The Poem

“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is easily one of the most famous, as well as one of the most anthologized, of Robert Frost’s poems. It consists of four quatrains that have the following rhyme scheme: aaba, bbcb, ccdc, dddd. The poem’s central narrative is simple, and the scene is understated, even stark, bare of elaboration or detail. A traveler pauses late one snowy evening to admire the woods by which he passes. He reflects that the owner of the woods, who lives in the village, will not see him stopping to “watch his...

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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening | Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

At a glance:

The Poem

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