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Question: Robert Frost's poem, Stopping by the woods!.!.!.!.!.!?
The only other sound's the sweep,

what does this line mean!?



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!.


My little horse must think it 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!.


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!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
The line means that as the "easy wind" blows the snow (the "downy flake") through the forest it makes a sweeping sound!. I can imagine the snow flakes swishing across dry leaves and limbs in the woods!. Read the last two lines of that verse together as one sentence!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Frost uses this line in reference to the sound of the wind!. He also uses it as a device to emphasize the sound of the horse's "question"!.Www@QuestionHome@Com