Poetic Structure
What is a stanza?
Basically a paragraph in poetry
Does the speaker know the wood's owner? How do you know this?
Yes
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.
Why does the speaker stop in the woods of all places?
lovely, dark, and deep
What determines the shape of a snowflake?
Temperature
Who was originally the bad guy in the movie?
Elsa
How many stanzas is the poem?
four
How do we know the horse is confused?
He shakes the bells purposely.
Is it snowing?
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
How big can snowflakes get?
We don't know. But scientifically they can get as big as imagined.
What year did Disney first start to develop the idea for Frozen?
1930s
What rhymes with sleep?
sweep, keep, deep
How do we know the speaker still has a long journey?
promises to keep
miles to go
What do we infer about the journey of the speaker from this stanza?
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.
The speaker still has a great distance to travel or has other stops.
How many words in Scottish mean snow or a type of snow?
421
Who makes a cameo appearance in the film?
Rapunzel and Flynn
Why are periods placed where they are? Besides creating sentences obviously...
This shows each idea or thought of the speaker distinctly as it ranges from subject to subject.
What can you infer about the setting in this stanza?
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.
The speaker isn't by people or civilization, possibly out in the country.
Where is the horse used to stopping at?
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
How fast goes the fasted snowflake?
9 mph
How much money did the movie make?
Over a billion dollars, the highest grossing Disney film
What point of view is the poem?
first person
Why is the speaker not afraid of being caught trespassing?
The owner's house is in the village, not the forest.
What day is it?
Dec. 21st
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
What color is snow?
Transparent. It only looks white because of refraction.
How old is Anna?
21 years old