Paraphrase/summary of the Poem
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost
Stanza 1.
The poet thinks that he knows whose
woods these are. He also knows that the
owner of these woods is a man who lives in the village. The forester, therefore, will not be able to
see him stopping beside the woods to watch them being covered up in snow.
Stanza 2.
The poet/speaker believes that his
little horse must think it odd to stop in these woods without a farm house
nearby between the woods and frozen lake on the darkest evening of the
year.
Stanza 3.
The horse gives a shake to the bells
of his rein to know if the poet has stood there by some mistake. The only other sound that is heard in the
woods is that of the wind and snowfall.
Stanza 4.
The woods are beautiful, dark and
deep to look at. But the poet speaker
has to keep his word given to others and therefore he has to go many miles to
reach the destination before he retires to bed for sleep.