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.

Last week I had to memorize this poem. I think what Robert Frost means in this in this poem is he stopped in the woods to admire the beauty of the woods. He thought his horse was confused because they stopped without a farm near, it was basically in the middle of nowhere. It was snowing and the wind was blowing softly. But he could not stay for long because he had promises to keep, and miles to go before he can rest. One of my favorite lines of the poem is the last stanza, "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." because I interpreted it the easiest, I think it means that he would like to stay for longer but he can't because he has other obligations to up hold to. And it will be a long time until he can rest.
What I learned from having to memorize this poem is that I can't memorize it in one night. I knew this beforehand so I decided to learn two stanzas one night and the other two the next night, and take the third night to memorize it all. This helped a lot because I got a B as a final grade.