This is day 2 of our Christmas poems for children. Today we are sharing ‘Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening’, a magical poem by Robert Frost.
Read this poem out loud. Does it rhyme? What do you think the rhymes do for the poem. Is it a fast poem or a slow poem? Why do you think the poet repeats himself on the last two lines?
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
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.
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