A pair of worn brown boots on gravel with a small yellow wildflower growing between them.

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Robert Frost

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. Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The attraction of the dark woods yields to promises and further miles of travel. Repeating the distance before sleep stresses the responsibilities that postpone rest. The last line retains the poem title.

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