Class 11th English Chapter : 4 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Summary and Question Answer


Bihar Board Class 11th के English Book ( RAINBOW PART -01) के Poetry Section का Chapter - 4 ( STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING ) जो Robert Frost के द्वारा लिखा गया है । तो इस पोस्ट में हमलोग Stopping by Woods on a snowy evening  ka summary and Question Answer देखने वाले हैं 11th Class English Chapter 4 Question Answer Bihar Board

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  • Stopping by Woods on a snowy evening  Summary in English 
  • Stopping by Woods on a snowy evening  Summary in Hindi
  • Class 11th English Poetry Section Chapter - 4 : Stopping by Woods on a snowy evening  Question Answer

4. STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING

         Word                                   Meaning

Devoted - (v) डिवोटेड - अर्पित किए
Cobbler - (n) कॉबलर - मोची
Settings - (n) सेटिंग्स - दृश्यों
Lucid - (adj) लुसिड, ल्यूसिड - सुबोध, स्पष्ट
Apparently - (adv) अपैरन्टलि - प्रत्यक्षतः , प्रत्यक्ष तौर पर
Themes - (n) थीम्स - विषय-वस्तुएँ
Resemblance - (n) रिजेम्ब्लन्स - समानता, समरूपता
Inauguration - (n) इनॉग्युरेशन - उद्घाटन
Status - (n) स्टेटस - स्थिति
Poet-laureate - (n) पोएट लॉरियेट - राष्ट्र-कवि
Woods - (n) वुड्स - जंगल, वन
Watch - (v) वॉच - गौर से देखना
Snow - (n) स्नो - बर्फ
Queer - (adj) क्वीयर - विचित्र
Farmhouse - (n) फार्महाउस - कुटिया
Frozen - (v) फ्रोज्न - जमी हुई
Lake - (n) लेक - झील
Darkest  - (adj) डार्केस्ट - अत्यंत उदासी भरी/
सर्वाधिक अंधेरी
Harness bells -  (phr) हार्नेस बेल्स - साज में लगी घण्टी
घोड़े के लगाम में लगी घंटी । 
Shake -  (v) शेक - हिलाना
Mistake - '(n/v) मिस्टेक - गलती / भूल; न पहचानना
Sweep - (n) स्वीप - हवा का झोका
Easy - (adj) ईजी - नम, हल्की
Downy - (adj) डाउनी - पक्षियों के मुलायम पंख से बनी
Flake - (n) फ्लेक - बर्फ का छोटा टुकड़ा/ बर्फ के फाहा

Promises - (n) प्रॉमिसेज - वादे, जिम्मेदारियाँ

Lovely - (adj) लवली - सुन्दर
Deep - (adj) डीप - गहरा
Sleep - (n) स्लीप - सोना
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Stopping by Woods on a snowy evening Summary in English :-

Summary-In his beautiful lyric entitled Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Robert Frost says that in a dark winter evening he was passing through a forest on horseback. It was snowing then. The beauty of the evening and the place moved him deeply. He stopped there for some time to watch the lovely wood and the snowfall. The snow flakes had already covered the trees, the ground and the lake. The poet's horse thought that the poet was absent-minded. He had stopped there by mistake. So the horse shook his harness bells in doubt and reminded the poet of his probable mistake. The poet had a strong desire to stay there for some time more and to enjoy the beauty of the lovely, dark and dense wood. But he had an appointment to keep. He was to cover a long distance before he could have rest and sleep.


Stopping by Woods on a snowy evening Summary in Hindi :-


सारांश - 'Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening' एक सुंदर कविता है जो Robert Frost की रचना है। कवि एक दिन घोड़े की पीठ पर कहीं जा रहा था। उस समय बर्फ गिर रहा था । संध्या के सौन्दर्य एवं जंगल की मनोहारिता ने उसे आकृष्ट किया। वह कुछ समय तक जंगल का रहस्य देखने और बर्फ गिरते देखने के लिए रुका रहा। बर्फ ने वृक्षों को पहले ही आच्छादित कर दिया था। जमीन एवं झीलें भी 1. बर्फ से ढँक गई थीं। कवि का घोड़ा सोचता है कि कवि तो खफ्तुलहवास (भुलक्कड़) है। वह वहाँ गलती से रुका है। कवि यहाँ कुछ समय तक रुककर प्रिय, सुंदर जंगल का आनन्द लेने का प्रबल इच्छा रखता है। परंतु उसे निर्धारित काम पर जाना vec vec c । वायदे निभाना है, उसे आराम करने के पूर्व काफी दूरी तय करना है।


Central idea-Everyone loves to enjoy the beauty of nature. But he has no time to stop and enjoy them, because he is always busy. He is preoccupied with many social responsibilities. The poet stops to watch the lovely, dark and deep woods. But he cannot stay there for a long time. He has to fulfil his social duties. So, he hurriedly leaves the place. He is yet to cover a long distance before he can take rest at night.


मुख्य विचार : प्रत्येक व्यक्ति प्रकृति का सौन्दर्य भोगना चाहता है, लेकिन उसे समयाभाव है, क्योंकि वह हमेशा व्यस्त है। उसके कई सामाजिक दायित्व हैं। कवि घने, सुहावने, जंगल का आनंद लेता है। लेकिन वहाँ लम्बे समय तक रुक नहीं पाता। उसे अपने सामाजिक काम करने हैं। वह जल्दी से स्थान छोड़कर बढ़ता है। रात्रि में विश्राम करने के पूर्व वह काफी दूरी तय करना चाहता है। 


Stopping by Woods on a snowy evening Question Answer :-

EXERCISE

A. Work in small groups and discuss the following: 

Q. 1. You are going somewhere for a very important work. On the way you come across a beautiful landscape. You wish you could spend a day or two there. What would you choose the landscape or the work?

Ans. Work is life. It is worship. So, I would choose the work because without completing it I cannot enjoy the beauty of the landscape. After completing the work successfully, I might stay there at the time of returning home.


B. 1.1. Write T for true and F for false statement :

(i) The speaker is passing through a jungle.
(ii) The speaker is riding a horse.
(iii) He sees a farmhouse in the jungle.
(iv) He certainly knows the owner of the jungle.
(v) It is snowing. 
(vi) The speaker is riding the horse in the morning.
(vii) The speaker shakes the harness bell. (viii) The wind is blowing hard.
(ix) The horse is very big.

Ans. (i) T, (ii) T, (iii) F, (iv) T, (v) T, (vi) F, (vii) * F , (viii) F, (ix) F.



B. 1.2. Answer the following questions briefly :

Q. 1. Why does the horse find the situation strange?

Ans. The horse is a lesser intelligent animal. But he has ? served the poet for a long time. He knows the nature of his master. So, when he finds his master stopping near a jungle in a snowy winter evening, he feels rather perplexed. The horse feels so because there is no farmhouse nearby to give him shelter.


Q. 2. The speaker refers to the owner of the woods in the opening stanza. Who does the owner stand for here?

Ans. According to the poet the owner of the woods is known to him who lives in a nearby village. He is a villager. He stands for a practical man of the world, who chooses to live in the village in human society, away form the wild woodlands.


Q. 3. Does the speaker like the scene? Which words or phrases suggest this?

Ans. Yes, the speaker likes the scene. The poem is full of scenic beauty. Phrases like woods fill up with snow' and 'words are lovely' suggest the beauty of the scene.


Q. 4. How many times does the speaker use the word 'woods'? Which adjectives does he use for woods?

Ans. The word 'woods' has been used four times. He uses the adjective 'Dark' for the word 'Woods'.


Q. 5. What does 'sleep' mean in this poem ? Ans. In this poem 'sleep' means 'going to bed'/'to take rest' or 'to die'.


Q. 6. Which promises is the speaker talking about?

Ans. The speaker is talking about his appointments, obligations at home and society where he has to reach without delay.



Q. 7. What does 'And miles to go before I sleep' suggest?

Ans. The poet expresses his helplessness here. He has no time to spare. He has to travel a long distance before he may take rest. So, he resumes his journey. He thinks that he has to keep his promises. He has to cover a long distance before he can enjoy rest or sleep. He thinks that he should not think of taking rest before fulfilling his duties and responsibilities. His journey has not come to an end. So he cannot stop and take rest. In this connection the sense of duty becomes stronger. He rejects the temptation of stopping there. The poet repeats the line because he wants to emphasize that a long ride lies ahead of him. He also expresses his eager desire to rest.


Q. 8. Find out the rhyme scheme of the poem. 

Ans. The rhyme scheme of the poem is aaba bbcb ccdc


Q. 9. Which words evoke the sense of sound? Make a list of such words.

Ans. The following words evoke the sense of sound-bells, shake and sweep.


C.1. LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS : 

Q. 1. Does the horse in the poem suggest anything about the speaker? What and how?

Ans. The horse is surprised about the speaker Robert Frost. The horse fails to understand why his master has stopped at such a lonely place. It has been snowing and the bitter cold winter wind is blowing. It is growing dark. There is not even a farmhouse nearby to give the rider (poet) shelter. So it appears queer to the horse that the poet has stopped in such a lonely place in a snowy winter evening. Here the horse represents the common sense of a man who sees only the obvious and visible realities. He tries to remind the poet if he has done any mistake. The speaker stands for knowledge, insight and wisdom.


Q. 2. What function does the repetition in the last two lines of the poem serve ?

Ans. 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' is gem of a poem by Robert Frost. The poet has repeated the same line in the last stanza. The whole theme of the poem revolves round the last two lines. These two last lines reveal the main idea of the poem.


On a dark, snowy winter evening the poet on his journey back home passes, on horseback, by the woods covered with snow. He stops his horse between the woods and the frozen lake. The poet wants to wait and watch the lovely scene. But he has not the time as he has to ride a long distance to reach his destination. Even the horse of the poet reminds him not to stay there because there was no farmhouse near by. The poet is fully aware of the responsibilities and duties he has. He is not to rest unless the goal of life is fully achieved.

Here in the last two lines the poet stands for knowledge of practical affairs, insight and wisdom. Hence the poem becomes more impressive and more praiseworthy. The whole theme of the poem revolves round the last two lines. The lines are very simple. But the ideas are very high. The lines have dual meanings which are philosophical and suggestive too. The readers want to read these lines again and again.


Q. 3. What does 'harness bell' suggest here?

Ans. Here in Robert Frost's poem 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' the 'harness bell' is full of suggestiveness. These two words indicate the motto of the poem. The poet is staying in the woods. The master of the woods is not present there. But the poet is so charmed with the beauty of nature that he stops and wants to stay there for a long time. The little horse of the poet was also standing there. The horse was very much surprised. He was disturbed. It was strange, why his master was not moving ahead. The horse here represents a man who sees the realities of life. The 'harness bell' of the horse gives the sound. It is to remind the poet (rider) if there is anything wrong with him. It also suggests that the poet is not paying proper attention to his duties in life. He has a lot of work. He should not wait there. He should remember his obligations. As soon as the poet hears the bell, he becomes concious of the practical world. So, 'harness bell' suggests the duties and responsibilities of life.


Q. 4. 'The woods are lovely, dark and deep'. Explain.

Ans. This line occurs in the poem, 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' by Robert Frost. He bears a close resemblance to Wordsworth in his love for nature,. Here the poet describes the beauty of the woods.


The theme of the poem is that a certain rider who was moving forward through the woods on a snowy winter evening. He was very much attracted by the beauty and the loveliness of the landscape. He stopped there for a short while to enjoy the beauty of nature.

There was no farmhouse anywhere near by. They could not spend the night in the woods. There was no shelter from the inclement weather. There were the woods on one side and the frozen lake on the other side of the road. was the darkest evening of the year. The beauty of the woods appeared lovelier. It was dark and deep. The forest was dense and covered a large area.



Q. 5. The path of life abounds in temptations of every sort; you cannot carry out your mission unless you overcome these temptations. Do you agree? Illustrate with examples.

Ans. The life of a man is full of temptations. There are various things which allure us. One cannot carry out his mission successfully unless one overcomes these temptations. This is a truth of life. We agree with this point of view. Man's life is full of temptations. Every man likes to live in prosperity. The same idea is conveyed in the poem 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' composed by Robert Frost. The poet is charmed with the beauty of a snowfall in the woods at night. He wants to stay in the woods and enjoy the tranquility and happiness in nature. He has forgotten all his responsibilities and obligations to life. But he did not do so in order to face the real life. By doing so, he cannot have the glories of life. Temptations and happiness fade away with passing of time. A man must live a real life full of responsibilities.


Q. 6. If you have to choose between worldly pleasures and the goal of your life, what will you choose? Why? Give reasons.

Ans. It is not easy to choose between worldly pleasures and the goal of one's life. If I have to choose between the two, I would prefer to live a real life. Worldly pleasures are temporary. They are ever fleeting. They do not give real happiness and satisfaction. The real goal of life is permanent as it aims at the progress of mankind. The real aim of life is to discharge one's responsibilities and to serve one's fellow - beings

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