Questions and Answers

Describe the surroundings and the atmosphere of the place. What time of the year is depicted in this poem?

Does the narrator in the poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ travel this way on his horse regularly? Which words indicate that? Does the narrator stop there regularly? How do you know?

Why does the poet use the word ‘woods’ instead of ‘forest’ in Robert Frost’s poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’, especially when he says it was ‘deep’?

What does Robert Frost’s poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ hint about the speaker’s social position and attitude towards life?

What are the themes in the poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening? Identify and elaborate the underlying themes of the poem.

When the narrator in Robert Frost’s poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ reached the woods, he was in a dilemma. What was the dilemma?

What is a psalm? What does Longfellow mean by ‘a psalm of life’? What type of poem is ‘A Psalm of Life’?

What does the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow say about human soul in his poem ‘A Psalm of Life’?

What images of war are present in the poem ‘A Psalm of Life’ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow? What effects does such imagery create?

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem ‘A Psalm of Life’ tells of death and brevity of life. Would you say the tone of poem is pessimistic or not? Give reasons.