Ch # 08 Stopping by a Wood on Snowy Evening

1: Who is the speaker in the poem?
Ans: The poet ‘Robert Frost’ is the speaker in the poem.

2: Whom does the speaker refer to in the first stanza of the poem?

Ans: In the first stanza of the poem, the speaker refers to the owner of wood who is not present there at that time.

3: Why does the speaker stop on ‘the darkest evening of the year’?
Ans: The poet is a traveller. It is night and he cannot go head. He is fascinated by the natural beauty of woods. So the speaker stops there to enjoy beauty of nature.

4: Why does the horse impatiently await the next move of his master?
Ans: The horse impatiently awaits the next move of his master because they have to travel a long distance to reach their destination.

5: The speaker in the poem is captivated by the beauty of nature. Why doesn’t he stop for long to enjoy nature’s beauty?
Ans: He does not stop there for long because he has to do many things fulfil his promises.

6: Whose house is in the village?
Ans: The owner of the wood lives in the village.

7: Will the owner of woods see the poet stopping and watching the scene?
Ans: The owner of wood will not see the poet stopping and watching his wood fill up with snow.

8: Why the horses of the poet hesitate to stop?
Ans: The horse of the poet hesitates to stop when there was not a farmhouse near that place.

9: Why the horses give his harness bells a shake?
Ans: This was to ask the poet that if there was a mistake on his part to stop at a known place.

10: What was the season of the years at the scene?
Ans: Between the woods and frozen lake, it was the darkest evening of the year.

11: What was the outer sound besides the shaking of harness bells?
Ans: The blowing of wind and falling of soft loose mass of snow was the only other sound heard there.

12: Are the wood worth seeing?
Ans: The woods are lovely, dark and worth seeing.

13: What does the verse “But I have promises to keep,” means?
Ans: it means that the poet has many tasks to perform.

14: What does the poet means by “And miles to go before I shape”?
Ans: It means that the poet has to travel a long way before reaching his home where he can take rest.

15: What does the poet want to highlight in his poem?
Ans: The poet wants to say that living in this world and carrying out our various tasks we should also try to enjoy the natural beauty as the same has been created by Allah Almighty for His human beings.