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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.2
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 sleep3
Whose woods these are I think I know.
The poet is trespassing woods. He wonders if
he knows the owner. And he thinks he
knows.
His house is in the village though;
The owner lives in the village.
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He will not see me stopping here
The poet is afraid of trespassing and getting
caught. But he’s sure that there is no chance
here.
To watch his woods fill up with snow
And he not only trespasses but also will watch
snow pile up on woods.
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My little horse must think it queer
The poet is not alone. He has a pony with him.
He cares of his horse and can even read its
mind.
To stop without a farmhouse near
According to the poet, the horse thinks
stopping here, not going to a farmhouse, is
weird.
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Between the woods and frozen lake
Here much details are given. They are by the
side of woods. One side to them is woods
and on the other a frozen lake.
The darkest evening of the year.
To add more suffering, it’s the darkest evening.
Maybe winter solstice.
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He gives his harness bells a shake
The poet can also read symbolic language of
the horse made by its ‘harness bells shake’.
To ask if there is some mistake.
According to the poet, the horse is asking if
there is anything wrong.
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The only other sound’s the sweep
Without the sounds made by the horse, the
only sound is heard is the sound of ‘sweep’.
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The sound comes from slight wind and soft
snow falling.
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The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
The poet is enchanted by the dark and deep
beauty of the wood.
But I have promises to keep,
He has a desire to stay here, but he has
promised of returning.
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And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
He has to cross a long way to reach his
destination. The repetition of the same line
says so.
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The poet is trespassing woods. He knows its
owner who lives in the village and there is no
chance of being caught. He will watch woods
covered with snow.
His horse thinks it weird. It asks if there is
anything wrong. Because they are at the
side of woods and a frozen lake and it is also
the darkest evening of the year.
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On the other hand the poet is enchanted by
the dark and deep beauty of woods and
doesn’t want to leave this silent place.
But he has to go and has to cross a long way
to reach his destination.
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The poem is about isolation.
The isolated poet takes pleasure in the
nature even though the nature is at its
worse.
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Made and uploaded by:
Sakib Hossain
Student Id: 131430
English Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna,
Bangladesh.
Email: [email protected]
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Thank you
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