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AppreciatingthepoemofStoppingByWoodsonaSnowyEvening 　　【Abstract】This paper will analyze Robert Frost’s poem of Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening from the perspective ofinterpersonal function.It will make a analysis at the level of syntax and lexicon，providing the poetic appreciation with a new angle of SFL. 　　【Key Words】 interpersonal function； mood； modality； poetic appreciation 　　1.brief introduction of interpersonal function 　　Hallidy （M.A.K.Halliday） Systematic Functional Linguistic theory is one of the most influential international linguistic theories in the second half of the 20thcentury.According to Halliday，the most fundamental components of meaning in language are functional component：Ideational metafucntion，Interpersonal metafucniton and Textual metafunction. 　　In 2002，Halliday then concludes that the systems of moodmodality，person，key，intensity，evaluation and comment and the like can also reveal the interpersonal function（Halliday，2002：56）.Halliday（2004）mainly analyzes the realization of the interpersonal function from the aspects of mood，modality and tone. 　　2.the analysis of the poem 　　The present researcher would like to analyze the poem written by Robert Frost，Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening The original text is as follow： 　　Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening 　　― ― Robert Frost 　　①Whose woods these are I think I know. 　　②His house is in the village，though； 　　③He will not see me stopping here 　　To watch his woods fill up with snow. 　　④My little horse must think it queer 　　To stop without a farm house near 　　Between the woods and frozen lake 　　The darkest evening of the year. 　　⑤He gives his harness bells a shake 　　To ask if there is some mistake. 　　⑥The only other sound’s the sweep 　　Of easy wind and downy flake. 　　⑦The woods are lovely，dark and deep. 　　⑧But I have promises to keep， 　　And miles to go before I sleep， 　　And miles to go before I sleep. 　　Mood of this poem will be elaborated in more details in the f