Paraphrasing
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost
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Paraphrasing
A man knows he is trespassing someone’s woods but says he will not be seen.The man is not on just a regular horse back riding trail he is out wondering in the woods, so his horse will not be used to not being in a barn. The horse is confused about where he is and why he is not in a barn. The man riding the horse will not stop for there are miles before he is allowed to go to sleep in the beautiful forest.
September 13, 2007 @ 5:57 pm
Not bad, but you don’t need to change person. If the poem’s in 1st person , write the paraphrase in 1st person – remember you are simply putting into ordinary language what the poet is saying poetically. Be careful to be precise as well. If there’s no mention – figurative or otherwise – of a barn in the original, don’t mention a barn in the paraphrase.