Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost

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.


Robert Frost most likely got the setting for this poem from a rural part of New England, much like many of his poems.  This poem exemplifies Frost's love for and his appreciation of nature.  In the last stanza, the second line is kind of confusing.  Other than that the poem is very easy to understand.  I think this poem is just about a man stopping to enjoy some scenery on a snowy night like this one.