Frost Study Questions

 “Mending Wall” 1390-91

A.  What does the wall symbolize for the neighbor?

B.  What does Frost say about the wall? 

C.  Why does the neighbor have his opinion? 

D.  With which opinion does nature hold and why?

E.  How do walls exist between people?

 “Home Burial” 1391-93

A.  What is the subject of this poem?

B.  What is his complaint?

C.  In what way has he failed her?

D.  Why does she leave?

E.  Who has your sympathy?

F.  Who has Frost’s sympathy?

G.  How is “Home Burial” like “Mending Wall”?

 “The Road Not Taken” 1395-96.

A.  Who is speaking?

B.  What does he say about the two roads?

C.  How do they differ?

D.  Which road does the speaker choose and why?

E.  What is the speaker’s regret and why?

F.  What does the speaker conclude about her or his choice?

 “Stopping by Woods on a Snowing Evening” 1407

A.  Who is speaking?

B.  Why does she or he stop?

C.  What does the horse represent?

D.  What does the last verse mean?

E.  If Frost considered nature with “no expression, nothing to express,” how is the poem still about nature?