Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening - Robert Frost

 

Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening - Robert Frost

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        Robert Frost wrote "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" in 1922. It was published in 1923 as part of his collection New Hampshire. This poem is one of the best and popular poems of Robert Frost. It begins with delight and ends with wisdom. Nehru was fond of this poem and had the last two lines of this poem written on his Prime Minister's Table

And miles to go before I sleep,  
And miles to go before I sleep.

Robert Frost is riding through the lonely woods on his horse. He stops to take in the beauty of the snow covered woods.  The poet declares, 

Whose woods these are I think I know. 

His house is in the village though.

This owner's house is far away in the village, and thus the owner can't see the poet who is standing to watch his woods beings covered in snow.
The poet thinks that his horse must find it strange to stop in a place where there is no signs of civilization. They are surrounded only by a forest and a frozen lake.
The horse shakes its bells to ask if the poet has made a mistake by stopping. The only other sound besides the bells is the wind and snowflakes falling. Robert Frost concludes the poem by saying

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.

Though the poet wants to stay longer to see the beauty of the woods, he must move on. The poet has many miles to go and many promises to keep before he can take rest. The last two lines suggests that a person has many duties to keep before his death.

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