"Stopping by Woods on a snowy Evening",
Answer the following questions:
1. Where was the poet going?
2. Where did he stop and why?
3. How did the horse express its feelings?
Answers
Answer:
- T he poet was going to his house in his horse
- He stopped between the woods to admire the beauty of the woods filled with snow
- The horse expressed its feeling of questioning the poet for stopping between the woods without a farmhouse by shaking its harness bell
Answer:
1. Here,the poet was on his way to reach his destination and was in a hurry to achieve his goals. The poet refers to man's journey of a life. Man has to achieve his goals and fulfill his responsibilities before he reaches his final destination that is death.
2. The poet stopped in the forest, near the woods where snow was filled.
He stopped to admire the beauty of the nature. To see and admire the branches and trees covered with falling snow and which made everything look white as if covered by a sheet of snow. The woods intact are like the temptations in life which make a man forget that he has to achieve his goals in life before he reaches the end of his life's journey.
3. The horse signalled his rider that they must move on by giving his harness bells a shake.