Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening
by Robert Frost (1922)
Ukraine Remembrance
Frost wrote the poem from his house in the summer of 1922. It became iconic in American letters. Read at Kennedy’s funeral to famous movie scenes. The poem is recited by many at those special moments of remembrance.
Symbolized by the woods that are filling up with snow on the darkest evening of the year. The theme of “Stopping by Woods” — despite Frost’s disclaimer — is the temptation of death, even suicide.
As I watched the snowfall on the people of Ukraine Frost’s poem brought the meaning home.
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.
by Robert Frost
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