Stopping by woods on a Snowy Evening | Robert Frost

 10th Std | SSC BOARD

'STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING'

....by Robert Frost

Q 3. 1 Answer the following questions.

1. Where did you go for a picnic recently?

Ans: Recently, we went to Murud, Janjira, Harihareshwar, Raigad etc.

2. Who all accompanied you?

Ans: My classmates and teachers accompanied me.

3. Why did you select that spot?

Ans: We selected that picnic spot because they are famous places. They have historical background. The places have scenic beauty and refreshing climate.

4. Where has the poet stopped?

Ans: The poet has stopped in the woods.

5. What season of the year is described here?

Ans: The winter season is described here.

6. What time of the day is described here?

Ans: It’s an evening time.

7. On what date every year is the darkest evening?

Ans: On 21^st of December.

8. List the sounds mentioned in the poem.

Ans: Sound of wind, harness bells, downy flake( sound of soft feather like snow-flake falling)

9. Why does the traveler have to leave the lovely woods?

Ans: The traveler wishes to stay longer at the lovely woods but he cannot because he and his horse have to go miles before they sleep.

ENGLISH WORKSHOP

1.Write whether the following statements are true or false.

a) The speaker stops to watch rain falling among the trees.     

Ans: False

b) The owner of the woods is known to the speaker.                   

Ans: True

c) The horse is worried about the cold and wants to keep going.  

Ans: False

d) The speaker doesn’t emphasize upon the beauty of woods, he is passing through.

Ans: False

2. Find out line / lines from the poem as a proof for the following explanation.

a) There is no one to catch the speaker trespassing.

Ans: "He will not see me stopping here

          To watch his woods fill up with snow."

b) The little horse draw his master’s attention.

Ans: "He gives his harness bells a shake.

        To ask if there is some mistake"

c) His horse seems anxious to keep going.

Ans: "My little horse must think it queer

        To stop without a farmhouse near"

d) The speaker prefers to stay but is force to move onwards.

Ans: "But I have promised to keep.

        And miles to go before I sleep."

e) The poem is set in the bygone era.

Ans: He gives his harness bells a shake. (This line tells about bygone era)

3. The poem is believed to have a reference to the poet’s life itself. What could the following signify? Choose from the bracket below:

(duties and responsibilities/old age/death/everlasting peace)

a) The speaker’s journey      - life

b) Snowy evening                 - old age

c) Lovely, deep, dark woods - everlasting peace

d) Promises                   - duties and responsibilities

e) Sleep                           - death

4. Tell whether the rhyme scheme of the following stanzas is right or wrong. For the wrong rhyme scheme, give the correct one.

a) Stanza 1 – aaba          - right

b) Stanza 2 – bbcb         - right

c) Stanza 3 – ccdc          - right

d) Stanza 4 – dded         - wrong      dddd

5. Give your own rhyming words for the following.

a) House – mouse

b) woods – moods

c) easy – busy

d) Wind – kind

e) dark – bark

f) watch – match

6. Match the lines of the poem with their figures of speech. (Answers are given directly)

	Group A	Group B
1	Whose woods these are I think I know	Inversion/ Repetition
2	The woods are lovely, dark and deep	Alliteration
3	And miles to go before I sleep And miles to go before I sleep.	Repetition
4	My little horse must think it queer	Personification

7. Pick out the lines that contain imagery. Write them in your notebook.

Ans: "Between the woods and frozen lake

          The darkest evening of the year."

8. Match the words given in Group A with their meanings in

Group B. (Answers are given directly)

	Group A	Group B
1	Mistake	error
2	Downy flakes	Soft snow falling
3	Woods	jungle
4	queer	strange

9. Complete the following web-diagrams by adding suitable describing words in the boxes. One is done for you.

10. Prepare a set of questions to interview-

a) A person who has just returned from a trek in the woods.

b) A person who recently scaled Mt. Everest. (Change few words)

1) Welcome sir, would you please answer my few questions?

2) Why did you decide to visit a wood and not any other place?

3) When did you return?

4) What preparation did you make before going there?

5) Did you choose any proper time for visit?

6) Which things did you carry with you?

7) Did they useful to you while trekking? How?

8) Tell us more about your observation/ experiences?

9) Where did you stay at night?

10) Did you feel fear?

11) Who supported you from family and friends? How?

12) What message will you like to give the youth?

Extract:

(Whose woods……………………………. I sleep)

A1. Read the extract and complete the sentences.

1) The poet stops to watch the woods fill up with snow.

2) The owner of the woods lives in the village.

3) The horse gives a shake to its harness bells attached to its neck.

4) The traveler is riding on his little horse.

A2. Complete the web. Describe the woods.

A3.1. Find the describing words from the poem.

1. Evening    - darkest

2. Wind         - easy

3. Woods       - lovely

4. Lake          - frozen

5. Horse         - little

6. flake           - downy

2. Write the rhyming words from the poem.

1. know    - though  - snow

2. here      - queer    - near   -year

3. lake      - shake    - mistake -flake

4. deep     - keep    - sleep

Appreciation of the poem

	POINTS
1	Title	The title of the poem is ‘Stopping by woods on a Snowy Evening’.
2	Poet	This poem is written by Robert Frost.
3	Rhyme scheme	1st stanza – aaba        2nd stanza- bbcb 3rd stanza – ccdc         4th stanza- dddd
4	Favourite line	My favourite lines are : ‘The woods are lonely dark and deep But I have promises to keep.’
5	Theme or central idea	The poet describes the little incident in snowy evening. he is impressed by the beautiful scene in the woods.
6	Figures of speech	Alliteration: "The woods are lovely, dark and deep." Repetition: "And miles to go before I sleep."
7	Special features	It is a lyric of four regular stanzas with four lines. The language is very simple but deep meaning.
8	Why do you like the poem?	I like the poem because of its simplicity. It creates a beautiful picture of woods of a snowy evening in mind.