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      Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
      by Robert Frost
      "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" was written by American poet Robert Frost in 1922 and published in 1923, as part of his collection New Hampshire. The poem is told from the perspective of a trav
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      The Boy at the Back of the Class
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