Comprehension Quiz: May 1
Instructions: Read Robert Frost’s “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening” on page 609 of the blue literature book,
and answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
1. If Robert Frost would have placed a period after the title—“Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening.”—this
would be an example of what grammatical mistake?
2. Regarding question number one, what key part of a sentence is missing from the title?
3. What is the poem’s rhyme scheme?
4. Besides rhyme, what sound device is prevalent in the first and third stanzas? Quote and cite an example of this
sound device.
5. Explain the purpose of the abundant sound device in the first and third stanzas, and you must go beyond writing
that it produces imagery.
6. What line in the poem represents a transition between how the speaker feels and what he must do?
7. What sound device is featured in the final two lines of the poem?
8. Concerning question number seven, how does the sound device in the last two lines contribute to the poem’s
theme?
9. In line thirteen, explain whether the structure is parallel or not.
10. Regarding question number nine, what repeated part of speech makes the structure parallel or not?
11. Bonus: Rewrite the first two lines of the poem and annotate them according to their rhythm (their stressed and
unstressed syllables).
12. Bonus: Beside each of your answers, label each question as level one, two, or three. Circle this answer, and
remember that even command (imperative) sentences contain implied questions.