“Stopping
By Woods on a Snowy Evening”
1)
What is the significance of the setting in this poem? How is tone conveyed by
the images?
The setting is in the
woods. The poem has to do with the setting. The tone is peaceful. The speaker
is watching the snow in the woods with his horse.
2)
What does the speaker find appealing about the woods? What is the purpose of
the horse in the poem?
The speaker finds the
snow appealing in the woods. The horse doesn’t understand why they have
stopped. The horse can be a symbol of how people don’t stop and enjoy the
little things in life.
3)
Although the last two lines are identical, they are not read as the same speed.
Why the difference? What is achieved by the repetition?
The repetition of the
last lines makes the reader understand how long the speaker has to travel. When
traveling on a horse it will take a long time to reach a mile.
4)
What is the poem’s rhyme scheme? What is the effect of the rhyme in the final
stanza?
The rhyme scheme is
AABA. The poem has a really good rhythm in the first stanza. The first stanza
has a bouncy fun rhyming pattern. It make the reader understand that the
speaker is enjoying the woods.
Works
Cited
Frost,
Robert. ““Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening”. The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature. Ed. Michael Meyer.
9th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s 2012. 887-888. Print.
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