Wit & Wisdom - Lesson 20

Directions: Read the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” in the back of Love That Dog. * Then answer each item. 1. Which best describes the structure of the poem?

• a. four stanzas of four lines each

• b. sixteen lines with no rhyming

• c. three stanzas with two repeating lines

• d. one long stanza with four paragraphs

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2. This item has two parts. Answer PART A; then answer PART B.

PART A: Why does the speaker stop in this place?

• a. He is lost and needs directions.

• b. He is thinking it is too dark to travel.

• c. He is enjoying the beautiful setting.

• d. He is spying on his neighbor.

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PART B: Which line from the poem best supports the answer to PART A?

• a. “He will not see me stopping here”

• b. “The darkest evening of the year”

• c. “To ask if there is some mistake”

• d. “The woods are lovely, dark and deep”

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This item has two parts. Answer PART A; then answer PART B

PART A: Which statement about the speaker of the poem is. true?

• a. The speaker worries that he will get in trouble for being on someone else’s property.

• b. The speaker does not want to leave the peaceful place but knows he must.

• c. The speaker feels cold and lonely in the dark woods at night with only his horse.

• d. The speaker realizes that he may be lost when he sees the woods but no farmhouse.

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PART B: Which line from the poem best supports the answer to PART A?

• a. “Whose woods these are I think I know”

• b. “To stop without a farmhouse near”

• c. “To ask if there is some mistake”

• d. “But I have promises to keep”

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