Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Author(s): Robert Frost
Genre(s): Multi-version (weekly And Fortnightly Poetry)
Narrators: Bruce Kachuk, Christine Rojas, David Lawrence, Eva Davis, Emily Isabella, Eileen Rose Kelly, Graham Scott, Hypatia, Jim Gallagher, Josh Kibbey, Larry Wilson, Maria Kasper, Melissa Jane, Michele Fry, Nemo, Phil Schempf, SweetHome, Scott McMullan, Sarah Brown, Tomas Peter, Tovarisch, William Allan Jones, Winston Tharp
Number of Chapters: 23
Length: 25 minutes
Language: English
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost.
This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 6, 2019.
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The meanings of this poignant poem--which entered the Public Domain in January 2019 and is being added to the Librivox Collection ASAP--range from appreciation of a simple New Hampshire snowstorm scene to reflections on death. Whose house is in the village? What promises need keeping? The poem can be interpreted on many different levels. Quoting Wikipedia: "At the funeral of former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau, on October 3, 2000, his eldest son Justin rephrased the last stanza of this poem in his eulogy: 'The woods are lovely, dark and deep. He has kept his promises and earned his sleep.'" ( ~ Michele Fry)