Essays Tagged: "Miles to Go (Before I Sleep)"

Robert Frost Poetry

t resting and watching the nature around the rider, and the words "But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep" indicates what he really wants to do is watch, but he is bound by promis ... the rhyme pattern of earlier stanzas. In fact, the last line is a repetition of the hardline: "And miles to go before I sleep." When the third line is repeated, it has the effect of slowing the tempo ...

(2 pages) 201 0 4.7 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

"Stopping by woods on a snowy evening" by Robert Frost

obligations to tend before he can yield to spontaneous, natural, passionate calls of nature. He has miles to go before he can sleep. He repeats this thought and the poem ends with the end of the perfo ... peats this thought and the poem ends with the end of the performance.The first time Frost says 'and miles to go before I sleep, the primary meaning is IV a long way to go before my death. However, `mi ...

(3 pages) 97 1 4.9 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Critical analysis of Robert Frost's, ''Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening''

eepOf 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.In Robert Frost's, ''Stopping by Woods on ... ents to the world of schedules and duties. The unbroken rhythm of ''But I have promises to keep/And miles to go before I sleep/And miles to go before I sleep,'' is monosyllabic and reverberates with m ...

(5 pages) 50 0 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

This is an interpretation of Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening".

op because of the promises he "has to keep" (Frost 402). Not only that but he realizes that he has "miles to go before I sleep"(Frost 402). He repeats this line twice because of his exhaustion and the ... attractiveness of the woods, he quickly responds to himself with "but. I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep" (Frost 402). This internal conflict shows the lack of trust he has in hi ...

(2 pages) 64 1 4.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Poetry explication stopping by

ces him to go home to be with a woman of his own. This is symbolically represented by the line "And miles to go before I sleep" This line is repeated as his thoughts of responsibility and loyalty woul ...

(2 pages) 5 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry