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Did You Know? (āĻিāĻŦা āĻাāύাāύে?)
Robert Frost is the only poet to receive four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry! This poem, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," is one of his most famous works, and its last lines were even kept by India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, on his desk.
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Written by the famous American poet Robert Frost, this beautiful poem describes a traveler stopping his horse-drawn carriage on a dark, snowy evening to admire the quiet and lovely woods. While the traveler is captivated by the peaceful scenery, his horse shakes its harness bells, wondering why they have stopped in the middle of nowhere. Ultimately, the poet realizes that although the woods are tempting and peaceful, he cannot stay because he has promises to keep and a long journey ahead before he can rest.
1. About the Poet & Lesson Translation
The Poet: Robert Frost
Robert Frost (March 26, 1874 - January 29, 1963) was an American poet.
āĻāĻŦি: ā§°āĻŦাā§°্āĻ āĻĢ্ā§°āώ্āĻ (⧍ā§Ŧ āĻŽাā§°্āĻ, ā§§ā§Žā§ā§Ē - ⧍⧝ āĻাāύুā§ąাā§°ী, ⧧⧝ā§Ŧā§Š) āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻŽেā§°িāĻাāύ āĻāĻŦি āĻāĻিāϞ।
He is known for his realistic depictions of rural life.
āϤেāĻঁ āĻ্ā§°াāĻŽ্āϝ āĻীā§ąāύ⧰ āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāϏāύ্āĻŽāϤ āĻিāϤ্ā§°āĻŖā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϤ।
Some famous poems of Robert Frost are: Mending Wall, Fire and Ice, The Road Not Taken, Birches.
ā§°āĻŦাā§°্āĻ āĻĢ্ā§°āώ্āĻā§° āĻিāĻুāĻŽাāύ āĻŦিāĻ্āϝাāϤ āĻāĻŦিāϤা āĻš'āϞ: āĻŽেāĻŖ্āĻĄিং ā§ąাāϞ, āĻĢাāϝ়াā§° āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āĻāĻāĻ, āĻĻ্āϝ ā§°োāĻĄ āύāĻ āĻেāĻেāύ, āĻŦাā§°্āĻেāĻ।
Whose woods these are I think I know.
āĻāĻ āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻāύ āĻাā§° āĻŽāĻ āĻাāĻŦো āĻŽāĻ āĻাāύো।
His house is in the village, though;
āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻā§° āĻাঁā§ąāϤ āĻ ā§ąāĻļ্āϝে;
He will not see me stopping here
āϤেāĻঁ āĻŽোāĻ āĻāϝ়াāϤ ā§°ৈ āĻĨāĻা āύেāĻĻেāĻিāĻŦ
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝ āĻŦā§°āĻĢেā§°ে āĻā§°ি āĻĒā§°া āĻাāĻŦāϞৈ।
My little horse must think it queer
āĻŽোā§° āϏ⧰ু āĻোঁā§°াāĻোā§ąে āύিāĻļ্āĻāϝ় āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻāĻāĻšুā§ąা āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāĻŦিāĻে
To stop without a farmhouse near
āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻোāύো āĻেāϤিāĻā§° āύোāĻšোā§ąাāĻৈ ā§°ৈ āϝোā§ąাāĻো
Between the woods and frozen lake
āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝ āĻā§°ু āĻŦā§°āĻĢ āĻোāĻ āĻŽā§°া āĻš্ā§°āĻĻā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ
The darkest evening of the year.
āĻŦāĻā§°āĻোā§° āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻ āύ্āϧāĻাā§° āϏāύ্āϧিāϝ়াāĻোāϤ।
He gives his harness bells a shake
āϏি āϤাā§° āĻĄিāĻিā§° āĻুāύুāĻা āĻোāĻাā§°িāĻে
To ask if there is some mistake.
āĻিāĻŦা āĻুāϞ āĻšৈāĻে āύেāĻি āϏুāϧিāĻŦāϞৈ।
The only other sound's the sweep
āĻāĻāĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āĻāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻো āĻš'āϞ āĻŦāϞি āĻĨāĻা
Of easy wind and downy flake.
āĻŽৃāĻĻু āĻŦāϤাāĻš āĻā§°ু āϏ⧰ি āĻĒā§°া āĻোāĻŽāϞ āĻŦā§°āĻĢā§°।
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻāύ āϧুāύীāϝ়া, āĻ āύ্āϧāĻাā§° āĻā§°ু āĻāĻীā§°,
But I have promises to keep,
āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻŽāĻ āĻĒাāϞāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞāĻীāϝ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻļ্ā§°ুāϤি āĻāĻে,
And miles to go before I sleep,
āĻā§°ু āĻŽāĻ āĻļুāĻŦāϞৈ āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻāĻāϤে āĻŦāĻšু āĻĻূā§° āϝাāĻŦāϞāĻীāϝ়া āĻāĻে,
And miles to go before I sleep.
āĻā§°ু āĻŽāĻ āĻļুāĻŦāϞৈ āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻāĻāϤে āĻŦāĻšু āĻĻূā§° āϝাāĻŦāϞāĻীāϝ়া āĻāĻে।
2. Word Meanings (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻাāϰ্āĻĨ)
3. Detailed Summary (āϏাā§°াংāĻļ)
In this poem the speaker is driving a horse-drawn carriage.
(āĻāĻ āĻāĻŦিāϤাāϤ āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āĻোঁā§°া-āĻাāĻĄ়ী āĻāϞাāĻ āĻৈ āĻāĻে।)
He stops between a frozen lake and a snow-covered forest.
(āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻা āĻŦā§°āĻĢ āĻোāĻ āĻŽā§°া āĻš্ā§°āĻĻ āĻā§°ু āĻŦā§°āĻĢেā§°ে āĻāĻŦৃāϤ āĻ
ā§°āĻŖ্āϝ⧰ āĻŽাāĻāϤ ā§°ৈ āϝাāϝ়।)
He believes that he knows the owner of the woods, who lives in a village nearby.
(āϤেāĻঁ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°ে āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āĻ
ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻāύ⧰ āĻŽাāϞিāĻāĻ āĻিāύি āĻĒাāϝ়, āϝি āĻāĻā§°ā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻাঁā§ąāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°ে।)
The horse becomes anxious to see its owner stop suddenly because there is no farmhouse near the woods.
(āĻ
ā§°āĻŖ্āϝ⧰ āĻāĻā§°āϤ āĻোāύো āĻেāϤিāĻā§° āύāĻĨāĻাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŽাāϞিāĻāĻ āĻšāĻ াāϤে ā§°ৈ āϝোā§ąা āĻĻেāĻি āĻোঁā§°াāĻো āĻিāύ্āϤিāϤ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°ে।)
So the horse shakes its harness bell to remind its owner that they should move on.
(āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে āĻোঁā§°াāĻোā§ąে āĻŽাāϞিāĻāĻ āϏোঁā§ąā§°াāĻ āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĄিāĻিā§° āĻুāύুāĻা āĻোāĻাā§°ে āϝে āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻ āĻāĻāĻŦাāĻĸ়িāĻŦ āϞাāĻে।)
It is quite silent in the woods. Apart from the ringing of the harness bells, the only other sound is of the wind and the downy flakes.
(āĻ
ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻāύāϤ āĻāĻেāĻŦাā§°ে āύিāϏ্āϤāĻŦ্āϧāϤা āĻŦিā§°াāĻ āĻā§°িāĻে। āĻĄিāĻিā§° āĻুāύুāĻাā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻŦাāĻšিā§°ে, āĻāĻāĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āĻāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻো āĻš'āϞ āĻŦāϤাāĻš āĻā§°ু āϏ⧰ি āĻĒā§°া āĻোāĻŽāϞ āĻŦā§°āĻĢā§° āĻুāĻুā§°াāĻŦোā§°ā§°।)
Though the woods are lovely, the speaker can't stay there for long because he has many other duties to perform before it gets dark.
(āϝāĻĻিāĻ āĻ
ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻāύ āϧুāύীāϝ়া, āĻāĻŦিāϝ়ে āϤাāϤ āĻŦেāĻি āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻāύ্āϧাā§° āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻāĻāϤে āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒাāϞāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞāĻীāϝ়া āĻāύ āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻā§°্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ āĻāĻে।)
Likewise we can't stop anywhere for long in the journey of our life because we have many responsibilities that we must perform before we die.
(āĻāĻেāĻĻā§°ে āĻāĻŽি āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻীā§ąāύ⧰ āϝাāϤ্ā§°াāϤ āĻ'āϤো āĻŦেāĻি āϏāĻŽāϝ় ā§°ৈ āĻĨাāĻিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ো āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āĻāĻāϤে āĻāĻŽি āĻĒাāϞāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦāϞāĻীāϝ়া āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻĻাāϝ়িāϤ্āĻŦ āĻāĻে।)
4. Comprehension Solutions
i) Who is the poet of the poem 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'?
Ans: Robert Frost is the poet of the poem 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'.
ii) Where has the speaker stopped ?
Ans: The speaker has stopped between the woods and a frozen lake.
iii) Why does the speaker stop ?
Ans: The speaker stops to watch the beautiful woods fill up with snow.
iv) What sounds could the narrator hear?
Ans: The narrator could hear the sound of the harness bells, the sweep of easy wind, and the downy flakes.
v) What does the speaker mean by 'promises'?
Ans: By 'promises', the speaker means the duties and responsibilities of his life that he must fulfill.
vi) Where does the owner of the woods live?
Ans: The owner of the woods lives in the village.
vii) Find out some rhyming words from the poem.
Ans: Some rhyming words from the poem are:
- • know - though - snow
- • here - queer - near - year
- • shake - mistake - flake
- • deep - keep - sleep
5. FAQs on the Poem
Q. Why does the horse shake its harness bells?
Ans: The little horse shakes its harness bells because it is confused. It thinks it is a mistake to stop in the middle of the dark woods where there is no farmhouse nearby.
Q. What is the deeper meaning of the lines "And miles to go before I sleep"?
Ans: The literal meaning is that the traveler has a long journey ahead before he can rest. The deeper, philosophical meaning is that we all have many duties and responsibilities (promises) to fulfill in our lives before we finally rest in death.
Q. How is the atmosphere of the woods described in the poem?
Ans: The woods are described as "lovely, dark and deep." The atmosphere is incredibly quiet and peaceful, with the only sounds being the gentle sweep of the wind and falling snowflakes.
Final Thoughts
Robert Frost's masterpiece teaches us a beautiful lesson about balancing our desire for rest and beauty with our life's responsibilities. We hope these Assam Jatiya Bidyalay Class 6 English Lesson 6 notes have helped you appreciate the true depth of this poem. Keep studying, and if you have any doubts, feel free to drop a comment below!
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