Question

How many metrical feet are in each of these lines from "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening"?

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.

Two, three, four, or five?

Answer 1

There are four metrical feet in each of these lines from "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening"

Step-by-step explanation:

"Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" follows the pattern of iambic tetrameter (which means that it has four metrical feet), the lines would follow the rhythm this way:

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.

It has a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed one making the 4 times in each line.