Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening

In the line "Of easy wind and downy flake", the word downy means_____

• Downward

• Slowly

• Fluffy and light like a feather

• Dull

Why does the speaker of the poem stop?

• to watch the woods fill up with snow

• to find food for his or her horse

• to say hello to the owner of the woods

• to go skating on a frozen lake

"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."

What can you conclude based on this information.

• the woods are far away from the village

• the woods are near some houses

• the owner of the woods is friends with the speaker of the poem

• the speaker of the poem does not like the owner of the woods

What might be a main theme of this poem

• the fear of staying too long on someone else's land

• the pull of sleeping in nature against the pull of sleeping at home

• the pull of being alone in nature against the pull of responsibility

• the ability of nature to make a person feel tired and sleepy

What might the poet have repeated the line "and miles to go before I sleep?"

• to make the woods seem even more attractive and lovely

• to make the speaker seem forgetful and less smart than earlier in the poem

• to make readers pay special attention to the meaning of the line

• to make the speaker seem like he or she is already asleep

What is the effect of the word "but" in the second line?

• it makes it seem like the reader does not actually like the woods much and wants to leave

• it makes it seem like the speaker can still keep promises while staying by the woods

• it makes it seem like the promises the speaker has to keep are lovely, dark, and deep

• it makes it seem like the speaker has to choose between keeping promises and the lovely woods

What is the setting of this poem?

• in the woods on a bright, snowy afternoon

• in a village on a dark, snowy evening

• near the woods on a dark, snowy evening

• by a frozen lake on a bright, snowy afternoon

Read the first stanza of the poem: 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. What can you conclude based on this information?

• the speaker of the poem does not like the owner of the woods

• the woods are far away from the village

• the woods are near some houses

• the owner of the woods is friends with the speaker of the poem

What might be a main theme of this poem?

• the pull of sleeping in nature against the pull of sleeping at home

• the fear of staying too long on someone else's land

• the pull of being alone in nature against the pull of responsibility

• the ability of nature to make a person feel tired and sleepy

Read these lines from the poem: The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, What is the effect of the word "but" in the second line?

• It makes it seem like the promises the speaker has to keep are lovely, dark, and deep.

• It makes it seem like the speaker has to choose between keeping promises and the lovely woods.

• It makes it seem like the speaker can still keep promises while staying by the woods

• It makes it seem like the speaker does not actually like the woods much and wants to leave.