MONDAY TRAVELS: STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING by Robert Frost

Happy Monday friends! I hope you packed light and got some party clothes, cause this Monday we are one more embarking on a journey!

So today we are in America and we will explore:

STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING

Let's get to know Robert Frost:

Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) - was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech. He is one of the most honored and critically acclaimed poets and even won a Pulitzer Prize for poetry. In his poems Frost explores the themes of existence and general emotions of human beings such as: love or loneliness. The surroundings of his poems is usually the rural life of New England. The Road Not Taken is a narrative poem consisting of four stanzas of 5 lines each in iambic tetrameter and is one of Frost's most popular works. Besides being among the best known poems, some claim that it is one of the most misunderstood.

Poem:

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.

   Thoughts:        

Another beautiful poem by Mr. Frost. 

I love how he uses simple words, grammar structures and just makes his poems so wonderful!!!

See you next Monday!