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.
雪夜林畔小驻
（译）余光中
想来我认识这座森林， 林主的庄宅就在邻村， 却不会见我在此驻马， 看他林中积雪的美景。
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
By Robert Frost
Robert Frost (1874-1963)
A famous American modernist poet The winner of 4 Pulitzer Prizes (普利策奖) A poet of the New England countryside
• 我的小马一定颇惊讶， • 四望不见有什么农家， • 偏是一年最暗的黄昏， • 寒林和冰湖之间停下。
queer：deviating from the expected or normal; strange
Literary Style
Profound meanings are hidden underneath the plain language and simple form.
(1) He wrote about the natural world and rural life, especially the New England landscape.
Collection of poems
A Boy’s Will （1913） 《一个男孩的意愿》 North of Boston （1914） 《波士顿以北》 New Hampshire （1923 ） 《新罕布什尔》
Poems
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening 《雪夜林边小驻》 The Road Not Taken 《未选择的路 》 After Apple-Picking 《摘罢苹果 》
我的小马一定颇惊讶， 四望不见有什么农家， 偏是一年最暗的黄昏， 寒林和冰湖之间停下。
他摇一摇身上的串铃， 问我这地方该不该停。 此外只有轻风拂雪面， 再也听不见其他声音。
森林又暗又深真可羡， 但我还要守一些承诺， 还要赶多少路才安眠， 还要赶多少路才安眠。
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.
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.
represent human society.
• Only the man is watchiith snow. The woods
and snow can both hint at natural occurrences.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
My little horse must think is 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.
By Robert Frost
• The first stanza tells us that the man is stopping in front of the woods owned by another person in the village--the village and the owner can both
(2) He often used simple language, a graceful style and traditional forms in his poems.
(3) Symbolism (the images—woods, stars and houses are taken from everyday life to express profound ideas)
By Robert Frost
• My little horse must think is queer,
• To stop without a farmhouse near,
• Between the woods and frozen lake,
• The darkest evening of the year.
• 想来我认识这座森林， • 林主的庄宅就在邻村， • 却不会见我在此驻马， • 看他林中积雪的美景。
Woods refers the nature; village refers human society. “He” refers the owner of the woods.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening