Stopping by woods on a snowy evening BY: Robert Frost Presentation by: Dylan Price

Biographical information Was known in high school as class poet Attended collage on and off Never earned a degree To make his living he worked as a teacher editor and shoemaker and also ran a farm He struggled the whole time

Organizational structure form The poem has rhyme scheme Rhyme scheme is A,A,B,A,B,B,C,B,C,C,D,C,D,D,D,D Uses imagery 4 stanzas, 4 lines a stanza, 16 lines all together This poem is a Baled

Literary/poetic elements 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 sleep. ` A B C D 4 stanzas This is a ballad because it tells a story poems speaker is Robert Frost

Meanings of this poem AUTHOR’S PURPOSE - To show he is not done with his life and doesn't want to give up and realizes how much more he can accomplish and succeed at in life and that all of his fans realize he is not done with life, as said in this metaphor the horse being his fans “My little horse must think it queer”.

FIGURATIVE MEANING - The speaker is looking at the forest as the life cycle and has a lot to do before he is ready to pass away “and miles to go before I sleep” sleep being a metaphor for dyeing and then looking for the farm house thinking of killing himself “to stopping without a farmhouse near” but he continues on.

LITERAL MEANING - On the surface, this poem is a simple city. The speaker is stopping by some woods on a snowy evening. He or she takes in the lovely science in near – silence, and thinks of staying longer, but the distance yet to be traveled before he or she can rest for the night.

THEME - The theme is about the fact of life, sometimes you stop and think about what your life is and were it is headed and all of your choices you have made, you look forward and what has happened in your past, but you still have your future to continue on because you still have a lot to do in life and a lot can change for you.

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