Read and Understand a Poem

Read and Understand a Poem

When reading a poem, it is important to pay attention to the different elements of poetry.

Along with being able to identify the elements of poetry, it is important to be able what the poem is about.

• Who is the poem about?

• Where does the poem take place?

• What do certain parts of the poem mean?

• How do the stanzas go together?

• What is t theme of the poem?

Today we will be looking at the poem: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost

Pay attention to the different elements of poetry AND what the poem is about.

Multiple Choice

Why does the speaker of the poem stop?

• To watch the woods fill up with snow

• to find food for his or her horse

• to say hello to the owner of the woods

• to go skating on a frozen lake

Multiple Choice

What is the setting of this poem?

• in the woods on a bright, snowy afternoon

• in a village on a dark, snowy evening

• by a frozen lake on a bright, snowy afternoon

• near the woods on a dark, snowy evening

Multiple Choice

Read the first stanza of the poem:

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. What can you conclude based on this information?

• the woods are far away from the village

• the woods are near some houses

• the owner of the woods is friends with the speaker of the poem

• the speaker of the poem does not like the owner of the woods

Multiple Choice

What is one thing that pulls the speaker of the poem away from the woods?

• the freezing, harsh wind

• the cold, snowy weather

• the darkness of the evening

• promises the speaker needs to keep

Multiple Choice

What might be a main theme of this poem?

• the fear of staying too long on someone else's land

• the pull of sleeping in nature against the pull of sleeping at home

• the pull of being alone in nature against the pull of responsibility

• the ability of nature to make a person feel tired and sleepy

Open Ended

What does the speaker most likely do at the end of the poem? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.