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Unit 7: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost—Detailed Study and Analysis
Digvijay Pandya, Lovely Professional University

Unit 7: Stopping by Woods on a Notes

Snowy Evening by Robert Frost–

Detailed Study and Analysis

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction

7.1 Meaning of the Poem
7.2 Detailed Explanation
7.3 Figure of Speech

7.4 Structure and Matter
7.5 Themes
7.6 Analysis

7.7 Summary
7.8 Keywords
7.9 Review Questions

7.10 Further Readings

Objectives

After reading this unit, you will be able to:
• Know the meaning of the poem;

• Discuss the poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.

Introduction

Robert Frost (1874-1963) was born in San Francisco, California, where he spent his childhood.
In 1885, after his father died of tuberculosis, the Frosts moved to Massachusetts. There, Robert
graduated from high school, sharing top honours with a student he would later marry, Elinor
White.

Frost attended Dartmouth and Harvard, married Miss White in 1895, worked farms, and
taught school. In his spare time, he wrote poetry. Disappointed with the scant attention his
poems received, he moved with his wife to Great Britain to present his work to readers there.
Publishers liked his work and printed his first book of poems, A Boy’s Will, in 1913, and a
second poetry collection, North of Boston, in 1914. The latter book was published in the United
States in 1915.
Having established his reputation, Frost returned to the United States in 1915 and bought a
small farm in Franconia, N.H. To supplement his income from the farm and his poetry, he
taught at universities. Between 1916 and 1923, he published two more books of poetry—the
second one, New Hampshire, won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize. He went on to win three more

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