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Directions: Answer the riddles about the following poem.

Then, take the LAST Letter of the literary device answers IN ORDER to construct the key to open LOCK #3. Return to the google form and input your answer.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
BY ROBERT FROST
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.
Riddle #1:
This is an easy one,
Of which there are four.
A space in between
But no more.

Riddle #2:
The speaker of “know” and “snow'' continues the flow.
The “lake” and the “shake” have this in common, as well as the “mistake”.


Riddle #3:
In the first
I am the repeated “w”
Though in the third
It’s “s” instead, undeterred.

Riddle #4:
At the very end,
The same words are seen.
Not only one line,
Two, but not three.

1 answer

Let’s analyze the riddles one by one, identifying the literary devices mentioned:

Riddle #1: This riddle describes a stanza (as it hints there are four of them in the poem).

  • Last letter: A

Riddle #2: This riddle describes a rhyme scheme since it mentions words that rhyme with each other (“know/snow,” “lake/shake,” “mistake”).

  • Last letter: E

Riddle #3: The repeated "w" in the first stanza refers to alliteration (the repetition of the initial consonant sounds), and "s" in the third stanza also shows similar sound repetition.

  • Last letter: N

Riddle #4: The riddle speaks of repetition, as the last two lines of the poem are identical, emphasizing the phrase “And miles to go before I sleep.”

  • Last letter: N

Now, take the last letters from each answer in order:

  1. Stanza - A
  2. Rhyme scheme - E
  3. Alliteration - N
  4. Repetition - N

Combine those letters to form the key: A E N N

Therefore, the final answer to input for LOCK #3 is AENN.