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Appreciation of the poem : (5 marks)Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the points given below :Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningWhose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village, though;He will…

Q.3 (B) Appreciation of the poem : (5 marks)

Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the points given below :

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.
— Robert Frost

Points : Title (½) • Name of the poet (½) • Rhyme scheme (1) • Figure of speech (any one) (1) • Theme/Central idea (in 2 to 3 lines) (2).

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Answer: Appreciation : The poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ is written by the American poet Robert Frost. The title tells us that the speaker pauses for a while beside a wood while snow is falling in the evening. The poem has four stanzas of four lines each. Its rhyme scheme is aaba bbcb ccdc dddd (know/though/snow, queer/near/year, shake/mistake/flake, deep/keep/sleep) — the third line of each stanza gives the rhyme of the next stanza, which links the stanzas together. The poet uses personification (“My little horse must think it queer”, “He gives his harness bells a shake / To ask if there is some mistake”), alliteration (“watch his woods”) and repetition (“And miles to go before I sleep”). The central idea is that the beauty of nature is very attractive and we wish to stay and enjoy it, but our duties and promises call us back ; life is short and we have much to do before we ‘sleep’ in death. The calm images of snow and the slow rhythm make the poem peaceful and thoughtful, and I like it very much.

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