This poem is chilling. Haunting. I really like it. It seems to me that the woods represent death. The speaker, who has perhaps had a long, trying life, is tempted to stop in the woods--to rest (eternally). But he has promises to keep. From this line, we can say that there is someone for whom he must stay alive. It could also mean he simply has things he needs to finish before he "sleeps."
I feel like there are times in everyone's life when we wish things would just slow down, or even stop altogether. Like the weight of the world is bearing down on us, and it gets difficult to breathe. In these times, the woods are thoroughly tempting. But we cannot give up. There are always those who need us, things that we must complete before resting. Frost says through this poem "We all want to give up sometimes, but we must press on with our journey."
Beautiful poem.
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