

The poet is on his journey on his sledge driven by his pony. The setting of the poem is the woods of North America. The poem is about stopping just one stop to see the beauty of the woods and the frozen lake. The last line is repeated to enhance the power of the final punch. The poem has four stanzas containing iambic tetrameter following the rhyme scheme AABA BBCB CCDC DDDD. Nature is beautiful the world is beautiful and everybody wants to enjoy this beauty of the world but everybody is busy and has some promises to keep some assignments to be completed some duties to be performed on the top priority and finally he has to move on to the call of his duty leaving behind the beautiful nature to itself. The poem is very popular because it is the story of everybody. The language is very plain and the final punch is delivered in the last line which is a refrain. This poem, written in 1922, by Robert Frost, has a story to tell and the poem successfully engages the audience to listen to it. Summary and appreciation of the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.”
