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 Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:32 am
By Robert Frost.
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 sounds 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.
I am a big fan of iambic, but a bigger fan of this marvellous rhyming scheme he used. What does everyone feel?
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 8:13 am
I think this rhyming scheme is what helps do it for me with this. Somehow it gives the poem the right touch that sort of sets the scene for me, and I don't know why. I guess because most rhyming schemes just sound cheesy to me, and make things sound like nursery rhymes, but the way he rhymes in this makes the mood that much better.
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