1. There was nobody in the forest.

2. The day was very cold.

3. The horse seemed to ask his master something.

4. The poet was busy in life’s responsibilities and couldn’t stay there.

2. The only other sound is the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. 

i. What two sounds can be heard in the forest? 

ii. What kind of weather was there?

1. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near 

i. What is queer for the horse? 

ii. Why did the poet stop there?

3. The woods are lovely dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, 

i. What did the woods seem to say to the poet? 

ii. Why did the poet not stop there for long?