Analysis of Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost 1874 (San Francisco) – 1963 (Boston)
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.
Scheme | aaxa bbcb ccdc ddDD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
Metre | 11111111 11100101 11111101 11111111 11011111 1101011 01010101 01010101 11110101 11111101 01010101 11010101 01110101 11110011 01110111 01110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 536 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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