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Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening-- by Robert Frost

Brief Introduction of the Author

Brief Introduction of Background Information Appreciation of the Writing

Brief Introduction ofRobert Frost(1874—1963)

Brief Introduction of Robert Frost

born; San Francisco father; editor; died; 11

student; Dartmouth College (达特茅斯学院) made a living; worker; teacher

Brief Introduction of Robert Frost

went; lived; farm; grant; grandfather; 11 did farm work; support; wrote; poem; submit publication sold; move; settle down; England; devote

Brief Introduction of Robert Frost

basic thematic concern: “a momentary stay in nature against confusion and chaos” of early life

Brief Introduction of Robert Frost to a degree; nature/ideal; beautiful; perfect healthy; influence; man but; man; not; just; live; nature/ideal; uncertain compared; nature/ideal; man; should; committed to life; earth

because; earth; right; place; love

Brief Introduction of Robert Frost

man; not; find; better; place; than; earth but; earth; far from; perfect; place earthly; life; filled; heaviness; bounds luthlessness; hardships man; haunted; exhaustion; wounds; failures death

Brief Introduction of Robert Frost

overwhelmed (不堪重负); escape; nature momentary; relief acquire; inner; peace; harmony recharged; fresh; energetic; come; bcak earthly; life

Brief Introduction of Robert Frost North of Boston, 1914 《波士顿的北部》

New Hamphshire, 1923 《新罕布什尔》 Collected Poems, 1930 《诗集》 A Further Range, 1936 《又一片牧场》 A Witness Tree, 1942 《标记树》

Appreciation of the Writing

Appreciation of the Writing understand its literary meaning understand its implied meaning (蕴意)

Appreciation of the WritingWhat is life often compared to? Life is often compared to travelling.

Appreciation of the Writing—

The First Stanza

What does a snow-filled woods look like?

pure quiet beautiful enjoy; beauty; nature

Appreciation of the Writing—

The First Stanza

The speaker comes to nature/ideal from actual life.

Appreciation of the Writing—

The Second Stanza

What do you feel when you read the words “frozen lake”? cold or coldness; hardships What does “the darkest evening of the year” might suggest? The most difficult time in life.

Appreciation of the Writing—

The Second Stanza

The speaker stopped between Nature/ideal and hardships in the most difficult time in life.

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The Third Stanza

What words do you think of when you read “easy wind and downy flake”?

gentleness softness purity beauty

Appreciation of the Writing—

The Third Stanza

The speaker enjoyed the beauty of nature/ideal in it.