![]() Having no money, Frost loaded the wagon with farm produce and went to town, but he found no buyers and returned empty-handed, without even small gifts for the children. Frost once said that “‘Stopping by Woods’ was his favourite poem because it arose from a particularly bleak Christmas and the ‘darkest evening of the year’ just before it. I learned about the inspiration for the poem from the auction listing. (Can you see how the short stanzas with consistent rhyme and rhythm make it easy to memorize?) The Poem When I read that a newly discovered draft of the poem is up for auction, I decided to choose it for my next “Poetry in Context” post. ![]() It’s been years since I memorized an entire poem, but “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost is one I can still recite. ![]()
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