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  Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening [By -- Robert Frost] 1. Summary :  One evening the speaker was on his journey to his destination (the place to which some one is going/ goal). He was riding through a deep dark forest. The weather too wasn't good. There was a snow fall. The woods owner used to live in a nearby village, and the speaker knew him well. But he wasn't to meet the speaker at that time because he even didn't know that the speaker was there at time in such a worst time. It was the darkest and windy evening of the year with snow fall. Even the lake was frozen in extreme cold.  The speaker was attracted by the beauty of the woods and the snowfall. He stopped his horse and started enjoying the beauty there. But his horse thought it to be quite strange to stop in the cold, dark and lonely (solitary, uninhabited) jungle, even without a farmhouse to stay there at night. He gave a shake to his harness bells to warn his master that it was a mistake on his part to st...

  Soft Storm   [Abhi Subedi : The Poet] [Poet's Profile: Abhi Subedi is a Nepali poet, playwright, columnist, translator and critic, who writes in Nepali and English. He towers high in the field of literature in Nepal. Mr. Subedi started as as a teacher of English at Tribhuvan University, and after returning from Europe taught Stylistic there. He taught for forty years at the central department of English, and headed the department for more than a decade.  His poetry collections like Manas (1974), Chasing Dreams : Kathmandu Odyssey (1996), and Shabdara Chot (1997) are extremely popular.  This present poem is the poet's deep reflections on the present scenario of Nepalese society.  With a touch of compassion the poet contemplates over the absurdities of tumultuous times. ] 1. An Overview of the Poem / (Short Summary): This poem is an expression of the speaker's feelings at the modern heartless, faceless society, where helpless, poor, downtrodden (oppressed ...