Topics for Further Study
(Poetry for Students)
Download Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Study Guide
Write a short story about the owner of the woods finding this poem's speaker. Why is he out in the woods, instead of at his house in the village? Would he be angry? Would he befriend the poem's speaker?
Describe the horse's life: why is he so uneasy about being out in the woods, with no farmhouse around? What does he do day after day, if this is so unsettling?
Why is this poem's last line repeated? What does this tell you about what has gone on before?