Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Summary


Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Summary

About the Poet:
Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963) was a distinguished American poet. He represented the life of a layman through situations and language. He was well known for his literary pieces of work like, "The Road not Taken", "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", "Mending Wall", "Fire and Ice", "Nothing Gold Can Stay", "Home Burial" and "Birches". He got four Pulitzer Prizes. He was much more than a mere Nature poet. 

Summary:
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is one of the most famous poems based on the theme of nature with vivid imagery. The speaker in the very beginning of the poem, tells us that he knows the owner of the woods, he is passing through. The owner resides in some faraway village. He won’t be able to see the speaker stopping in his forest to watch the beautiful scene of snowfall.
The poet is personifying the thinking of his horse when he says his horse may consider it strange to stop in the forest, where there is no sign of civilization. They are surrounded by the forest and the frozen lake, on the darkest evening of the year.
The horse shakes his harness bells to ask his master if he has committed some mistake by stopping there. The only other sound which they can hear in the forest, apart from the ringing of the bells is of falling snowflakes and wind.
The woods appear captivating and profound to the speaker. He wishes to continue his stay in the alluring woods to absorb more of their charm. But he is bound to perform certain obligations somewhere else and has to travel a lot before he can take some rest.

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