The Poetry Exchange

43. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost - A Friend to Victoria


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In this episode, Victoria talks about the poem that has been a friend to her – 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' by Robert Frost.


Victoria visited The Poetry Exchange in Battersea, London in 2019.


Victoria is in conversation with The Poetry Exchange hosts, Fiona Bennett and Michael Shaeffer.


'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' is read by Fiona Bennett.



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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

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 sound’s 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.


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