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Class 6 English - Lesson 6: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.


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Did You Know? (āĻ•িāĻŦা āϜাāύাāύে?)

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.
āĻ•āĻŦি: ā§°āĻŦাā§°্āϟ āĻĢ্ā§°āώ্āϟ (⧍ā§Ŧ āĻŽাā§°্āϚ, ā§§ā§Žā§­ā§Ē - ⧍⧝ āϜাāύুā§ąাā§°ী, ⧧⧝ā§Ŧā§Š) āĻāϜāύ āφāĻŽেā§°িāĻ•াāύ āĻ•āĻŦি āφāĻ›িāϞ।

He is known for his realistic depictions of rural life.
āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ—্ā§°াāĻŽ্āϝ āϜীā§ąāύ⧰ āĻŦাāϏ্āĻ¤ā§ąāϏāύ্āĻŽāϤ āϚিāϤ্ā§°āĻŖā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĒā§°িāϚিāϤ।

Some famous poems of Robert Frost are: Mending Wall, Fire and Ice, The Road Not Taken, Birches.
ā§°āĻŦাā§°্āϟ āĻĢ্ā§°āώ্āϟ⧰ āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻŦিāĻ–্āϝাāϤ āĻ•āĻŦিāϤা āĻš'āϞ: āĻŽেāĻŖ্āĻĄিং ā§ąাāϞ, āĻĢাāϝ়াā§° āĻāĻŖ্āĻĄ āφāχāϚ, āĻĻ্āϝ ā§°োāĻĄ āύāϟ āϟেāĻ•েāύ, āĻŦাā§°্āϚেāĻ›।

Whose woods these are I think I know.

āĻāχ āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ•াā§° āĻŽāχ āĻ­াāĻŦো āĻŽāχ āϜাāύো।

His house is in the village, though;

āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āϘ⧰ āĻ—াঁā§ąāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻļ্āϝে;

He will not see me stopping here

āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻŽোāĻ• āχāϝ়াāϤ ā§°ৈ āĻĨāĻ•া āύেāĻĻেāĻ–িāĻŦ

To watch his woods fill up with snow.

āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝ āĻŦā§°āĻĢেā§°ে āĻ­ā§°ি āĻĒā§°া āϚাāĻŦāϞৈ।

My little horse must think it queer

āĻŽোā§° āϏ⧰ু āϘোঁā§°াāϟোā§ąে āύিāĻļ্āϚāϝ় āχāϝ়াāĻ• āφāϚāĻšুā§ąা āĻŦুāϞি āĻ­াāĻŦিāĻ›ে

To stop without a farmhouse near

āĻ“āϚ⧰āϤ āĻ•োāύো āĻ–েāϤিāϘ⧰ āύোāĻšোā§ąাāĻ•ৈ ā§°ৈ āϝোā§ąাāϟো

Between the woods and frozen lake

āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝ āφ⧰ু āĻŦā§°āĻĢ āĻ—োāϟ āĻŽā§°া āĻš্ā§°āĻĻā§° āĻŽাāϜāϤ

The darkest evening of the year.

āĻŦāϛ⧰āϟোā§° āφāϟাāχāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻ…āύ্āϧāĻ•াā§° āϏāύ্āϧিāϝ়াāϟোāϤ।

He gives his harness bells a shake

āϏি āϤাā§° āĻĄিāĻ™িā§° āϜুāύুāĻ•া āϜোāĻ•াā§°িāĻ›ে

To ask if there is some mistake.

āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻ­ুāϞ āĻšৈāĻ›ে āύেāĻ•ি āϏুāϧিāĻŦāϞৈ।

The only other sound's the sweep

āĻāĻ•āĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āφāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟো āĻš'āϞ āĻŦāϞি āĻĨāĻ•া

Of easy wind and downy flake.

āĻŽৃāĻĻু āĻŦāϤাāĻš āφ⧰ু āϏ⧰ি āĻĒā§°া āĻ•োāĻŽāϞ āĻŦā§°āĻĢā§°।

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻ–āύ āϧুāύীāϝ়া, āĻ…āύ্āϧāĻ•াā§° āφ⧰ু āĻ—āĻ­ীā§°,

But I have promises to keep,

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻŽāχ āĻĒাāϞāύ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞāĻ—ীāϝ়া āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻļ্ā§°ুāϤি āφāĻ›ে,

And miles to go before I sleep,

āφ⧰ু āĻŽāχ āĻļুāĻŦāϞৈ āϝোā§ąাā§° āφāĻ—āϤে āĻŦāĻšু āĻĻূā§° āϝাāĻŦāϞāĻ—ীāϝ়া āφāĻ›ে,

And miles to go before I sleep.

āφ⧰ু āĻŽāχ āĻļুāĻŦāϞৈ āϝোā§ąাā§° āφāĻ—āϤে āĻŦāĻšু āĻĻূā§° āϝাāĻŦāϞāĻ—ীāϝ়া āφāĻ›ে।

2. Word Meanings (āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻাāϰ্āĻĨ)

woods: āϏ⧰ু āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝ / āĻšাāĻŦি (small forest)
queer: āφāϚāĻšুā§ąা / āĻ…āĻĻ্āĻ­ুāϤ (strange)
farmhouse: āĻ–েāϤিāϘ⧰ (a house on a farm)
frozen: āĻŦā§°āĻĢ āĻ—োāϟ āĻŽā§°া (with a layer of ice on the surface)
sweep: āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝ⧰ āĻŽাāϜেā§°ে āĻŦāϤাāĻšā§° āĻ—āϤি (movement of wind over the woods)
downy: āĻ…āϤি āĻ•োāĻŽāϞ āĻŦāϏ্āϤুā§°ে āφāĻŦৃāϤ (covered in something very soft)
flake: āĻ•িāĻšāĻŦাā§° āϏ⧰ু āφ⧰ু āĻĒাāϤāϞ āϟুāĻ•ুā§°া (small and thin piece of something, here snow)
promises: āχāϝ়াāϤ āχāϝ়াā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āĻš'āϞ āϕ⧰্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ āφ⧰ু āĻĻাāϝ়িāϤ্āĻŦ (here it means duties and responsibilities)
sleep: āχāϝ়াāϤ āχāϝ়াā§° āĻ…ā§°্āĻĨ āĻš'āϞ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝু (here it means death)

3. Detailed Summary (āϏাā§°াংāĻļ)

In this poem the speaker is driving a horse-drawn carriage.
(āĻāχ āĻ•āĻŦিāϤাāϤ āĻ•āĻŦিāϝ়ে āϘোঁā§°া-āĻ—াāĻĄ়ী āϚāϞাāχ āĻ—ৈ āφāĻ›ে।)

He stops between a frozen lake and a snow-covered forest.
(āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻāϟা āĻŦā§°āĻĢ āĻ—োāϟ āĻŽā§°া āĻš্ā§°āĻĻ āφ⧰ু āĻŦā§°āĻĢেā§°ে āφāĻŦৃāϤ āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝ⧰ āĻŽাāϜāϤ ā§°ৈ āϝাāϝ়।)

He believes that he knows the owner of the woods, who lives in a village nearby.
(āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰ে āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻ–āύ⧰ āĻŽাāϞিāĻ•āĻ• āϚিāύি āĻĒাāϝ়, āϝি āĻ“āϚ⧰⧰ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ—াঁā§ąāϤ āĻŦাāϏ āϕ⧰ে।)

The horse becomes anxious to see its owner stop suddenly because there is no farmhouse near the woods.
(āĻ…ā§°āĻŖ্āϝ⧰ āĻ“āϚ⧰āϤ āĻ•োāύো āĻ–েāϤিāϘ⧰ āύāĻĨāĻ•াā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŽাāϞিāĻ•āĻ• āĻšāĻ াāϤে ā§°ৈ āϝোā§ąা āĻĻেāĻ–ি āϘোঁā§°াāϟো āϚিāύ্āϤিāϤ āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°ে।)

So the horse shakes its harness bell to remind its owner that they should move on.
(āϏেāϝ়েāĻšে āϘোঁā§°াāϟোā§ąে āĻŽাāϞিāĻ•āĻ• āϏোঁā§ąā§°াāχ āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĄিāĻ™িā§° āϜুāύুāĻ•া āϜোāĻ•াā§°ে āϝে āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ• āφāĻ—āĻŦাāĻĸ়িāĻŦ āϞাāĻ—ে।)

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§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻ–āύāϤ āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাā§°ে āύিāϏ্āϤāĻŦ্āϧāϤা āĻŦিā§°াāϜ āϕ⧰িāĻ›ে। āĻĄিāĻ™িā§° āϜুāύুāĻ•াā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻā§° āĻŦাāĻšিā§°ে, āĻāĻ•āĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āφāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϟো āĻš'āϞ āĻŦāϤাāĻš āφ⧰ু āϏ⧰ি āĻĒā§°া āĻ•োāĻŽāϞ āĻŦā§°āĻĢā§° āϟুāĻ•ুā§°া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§°āĻŖ্āϝāĻ–āύ āϧুāύীāϝ়া, āĻ•āĻŦিāϝ়ে āϤাāϤ āĻŦেāĻ›ি āϏāĻŽāϝ় āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āφāύ্āϧাā§° āĻšোā§ąাā§° āφāĻ—āϤে āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĒাāϞāύ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞāĻ—ীāϝ়া āφāύ āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āϕ⧰্āϤāĻŦ্āϝ āφāĻ›ে।)

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.
(āĻāĻ•েāĻĻā§°ে āφāĻŽি āφāĻŽাā§° āϜীā§ąāύ⧰ āϝাāϤ্ā§°াāϤ āĻ•'āϤো āĻŦেāĻ›ি āϏāĻŽāϝ় ā§°ৈ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ো āĻ•াā§°āĻŖ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুā§° āφāĻ—āϤে āφāĻŽি āĻĒাāϞāύ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞāĻ—ীāϝ়া āĻŦāĻšুāϤো āĻĻাāϝ়িāϤ্āĻŦ āφāĻ›ে।)

4. Comprehension Solutions

Answer the following questions.

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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