h the woods fill up with snow.My little horse must think it queerTo stop without a farmhouse nearBetween the woods and frozen lakeThe darkest evening of the year.He gives his harness bells a shakeTo ask if there is some mistake.The only other sound's the sweepOf 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.This poem has many questions about it that are unanswered. Frost never said what the real meaning of this poem was. He leaves it up to the reader to interpret it. Something that caught my eye is the repetition of the last two lines. It is not very clear what he is talking about. I personally think that he may be talking about death. Sleep could mean death and if you put it together "miles to go" may mean a long time. My interpretation is that he still has a long life ahead of him before he can establish the kind of peace that he feels while looking at the snowy woods. He is trying to make death look peaceful and serene. In 1915 Robert Frost and his wife decide to move from England and go to the states. Much to their surprise Frost left a struggling poet and came home a poetic genius. He bought a house in New Hampshire and soon realizes that he is not getting the privacy he wants. Frost gets an offer to teach at Amherst College, he accepts. After teaching at Amherst for a while Frost suddenly quit the job. He felt he needed change. Frost and his family move back to New Hampshire. During these years Frost would go through tremendous tragedy. First is his sister, who he did not even get to see before she died. During this time Frost's career was taking off. He established the Breadloaf School of English. Just when his career was going well his daughter was dying of tuberculosis. Also his other children had failed marriages. This was a very hard time for Frost. In March of 1938 when Frost and his wife were ...
